Hermann II, Landgrave of Thuringia

Hermann II was the Landgrave of Thuringia and the son of Louis [IV, Landgrave of Thuringia], and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.

Life

With Louis's death in 1227, his brother Henry [Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia|Henry Raspe] assumed the regency due to the minority of four-year-old Hermann. Henry managed to officially succeed his brother after the death of Elizabeth in 1231. Hermann never reigned and died ten years later; some historians have accused Henry of poisoning the youth. He was married to Helen, daughter of Otto I, [Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg].