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 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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