The House of Hachberg-Sausenberg ''(medieval: House of Hachberg-Susenberg)'' was a German royal family that was first documented in 1306 as carve-out from the House of Baden-Hachberg, when Henry III. and his brother Rudolf I. shared the heritage of their father

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. The family maintained an own territory in

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in southern Germany. In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine, but since the Napoleonic Wars, it has been considered only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Ba ...

within the

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of the German Nation from 1306 until 1503. The house was historically related to the royal

House of Zähringen The House of Zähringen () was a dynasty of Duchy of Swabia, Swabian nobility. The family's name derived from Zähringen Castle near Freiburg im Breisgau. The Zähringer in the 12th century used the title of Duke of Zähringen, in compensation fo ...

. The last Margrave was Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg, who died without sons in 1503. His daughter

Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg Johanna of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1485 – 23 September 1543), was a noble feudal lord, countess regnant of Neuchâtel in 1503–1512 and again from 1529 to 1543. She was the daughter of Philip of Hochberg and Maria of Savoy. Life Johanna inherited ...

succeeded him as Countess of Neuchâtel, while the Landgraviate of Sausenberg, the lordship of Badenweiler, the lordship of Rötteln and Schopfheim went to Margrave Christopher I of Baden.

Family Name

Many medieval documents and sources state the name of the family as Hachberg-Susenberg. The name Susenberg was related to the prevailing medieval Alemannic dialect, which spelled and pronounced the letters "au" (as in Haus) as "u" (as in "Huus"). The current spelling Sausenberg, which is used in today's

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literature, has not been used in official medieval documents.

Notable Family Members

Rudolf I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg Margrave Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenberg (d. 1313) was the son of Margrave Henry II of Hachberg and Anne of Üsenberg. He married in 1298 or 1299 to Agnes, the heiress of Otto of Rötteln. In 1306 he founded the side-line Hachberg-Sausenberg ...

(died 1313) *

Otto I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg Otto I, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1302 – 1384) was a member of the House of Zähringen. He was the ruling Margrave of Rötteln and Sausenberg from 1318 until his death. Life He was the son of Margrave Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenber ...

(1302–1384) *

Rudolf II, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg Margrave Rudolf II of Hachberg-Sausenberg ''(medieval: Rudolf II of Hachberg-Susenberg)'' (1301–1352) was the son of Margrave Rudolf I of Hachberg-Sausenberg and his wife Agnes, the heiress of Otto of Rötteln. After their elder brother Henry ...

(1301–1352) * Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1454–1503), last Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg.

References

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