The Baden house's Breisgau lands round the Hachberg castle (the Hochburg) near Emmendingen, held by the younger son Henry.
Whether Henry already held them as his own share on 1 January 1200, or still jointly with his brother Hermann V, is not pinned: de.wikipedia gives both 1190 and about 1212 for the split.
Who he is
- Name
- Henry (Heinrich) I
- Title
- Margrave (of the house of Baden), later called of Hachberg
- Since
- 1190, on the death of his father Hermann IV of Baden on crusade; a separate Hachberg line from 1190 per one account, from a division of about 1212 per another
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- Younger son of Margrave Hermann IV of Baden; brother of Margrave Hermann V (swa record). Died 1231 (13 January per fmg, 2 July per de.wikipedia), buried at Tennenbach.
- Confidence
- medium
de.wikipedia Markgrafschaft Hachberg and Markgrafen von Hachberg; fmg Baden.
Overlord
The king.
What it holds
- The Hochburg (Hachberg) castle near Emmendingen
- Baden lands in the northern Breisgau round Emmendingen and Teningen
How it was acquired
Inheritance from Hermann IV (died 1190).
Allies and rivals
His brother Hermann V of Baden; the Zähringen next door; the abbey of Tennenbach.
How things stand that morning
Holds the Hachberg lands. The Baden margraves are reckoned Staufen in these years, but no act of Henry's in 1199 is known here: allegiance Staufen, low confidence.
Wealth
No figures.
Military
The Hochburg. No numbers.
Places of note
- Hochburg (Hachberg): Castle near Emmendingen (approximate place)
Where the sources disagree
- Date of the Hachberg division: 1190 (Markgrafschaft Hachberg article) or about 1212 (Markgrafen von Hachberg article).
Evidence: Little dated evidence for Henry before 1212.
On the map: Approximate.
Primary sources for Empire
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
- Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
- Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
- Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
- Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
- Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
- Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
- Chronicle of Hainaut, Gislebert of Mons (about 1195 to 1196). Ends in 1195, so it has no 1200 entries, but it is the indispensable background for Flanders and Hainaut: the career of Count Baldwin V of Hainaut (VIII of Flanders), his union of the two counties, the settlement with Philip over Artois, the rights, castles, fiefs and vassals of Hainaut listed by a man who ran its chancery, and the youth of Baldwin IX, who held both counties in 1200. Read online
8 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.