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Herman IV of Swabia

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Herman IV of Swabia

Birth
Bavaria, Germany
Death
1038 (aged 27–28)
Milan, Città Metropolitana di Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Burial
Trento, Provincia di Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy Add to Map
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Herman IV was the Duke of Swabia. He was the second son of Ernest I and Gisela of Swabia.
Herman became duke in 1030 following the death of his older brother Ernest II.
He married to Adelaide of Susa, the marchioness of Turin, in January 1037. In July of the next year, while campaigning with Conrad in Southern Italy, he was struck down by an epidemic near Naples.
He was buried in Cattedrale di San Vigilio (Trento Cathedral) because the summer heat made it impossible to bring the corpse back to Germany
Adelaide remarried to Henry of Montferrat.
Herman IV was the Duke of Swabia. He was the second son of Ernest I and Gisela of Swabia.
Herman became duke in 1030 following the death of his older brother Ernest II.
He married to Adelaide of Susa, the marchioness of Turin, in January 1037. In July of the next year, while campaigning with Conrad in Southern Italy, he was struck down by an epidemic near Naples.
He was buried in Cattedrale di San Vigilio (Trento Cathedral) because the summer heat made it impossible to bring the corpse back to Germany
Adelaide remarried to Henry of Montferrat.


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