ヘルマン2世(ドイツ語: Hermann II. 、1003年5月4日没)はコンラディン王朝の一員であった。彼は997年から死去までシュヴァーベン公であった。1002年、ヘルマンはドイツ王になろうと試みたが失敗に終わった。
ヘルマン2世はコンラート1世の息子である。しかし、ヘルマンの母親の身元については議論がある。彼女はシュヴァーベン公リウドルフの娘レグリント(またはリヒリント)であり、皇帝オットー1世の孫娘であるとよく言われている。[ 1 ]一方、彼の母親はマルヒタールのアダルベルト(エーニンゲンのユディトとしても知られる)の娘ユディトであると主張する者もいる。[ 2 ]
997年、コンラート1世の死後、ヘルマン2世は父の後を継いでシュヴァーベン公となった。同年、ヘルマン2世はオットー3世皇帝の第二次イタリア遠征に同行した。[ 3 ]
When Otto III died without heirs in January 1002, Herman II was one of the men, along with Henry II and Eckard of Meissen, who promoted themselves as candidates for the German throne.[4] Both Herman II and Henry II claimed descent from Henry the Fowler, progenitor of the Ottonian dynasty. Eckard, though a powerful noble and military leader, was more distantly related to the Ottonians. Eckhard was assassinated in April 1002 by Saxons who opposed his candidacy.[5] According to the chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg, the majority of the German nobles, who assembled at Aachen in April 1002, including the influential Archbishop Heribert of Cologne, supported Herman II.[6] But his rival, Henry II, did not wait for the approval of the nobles. Instead, he had himself anointed and crowned king by Archbishop Willigis of Mainz on 7 June 1002. (Herman had tried, and failed, to prevent Henry II from reaching Mainz.) Herman initially refused to accept Henry II as king. He undertook military action against Henry and his supporters, including at Strasbourg, where Herman's men looted the episcopal church. Yet by October 1002, Herman II undertook a ritual act of submission (deditio) before Henry II at Bruchsal. Herman accepted Henry's kingship and promised to make reparation for the damage that had been inflicted on Strasbourg.[7] In Christmas 1002, Herman was present at the imperial court at Frankfurt, signalling that he was on better terms with Henry II. In January 1003, Henry II required Herman to cede control of the female monastery St Stephen in Strasbourg to Bishop Werner of Strasbourg.[8]
He married Gerberga of Burgundy, daughter of King Conrad of Burgundy. With Gerberga, Herman had three children:[9]
Shortly after he ceded control of a female monastery in Strasbourg, on 4 May 1003,[12] Herman died. Contemporaries saw his death as a divine punishment for his desecration of the episcopal church at Strasbourg.[13] After Herman died, Henry II separated Alsace from Swabia and took control of the duchy. This situation continued through the reign of Herman's son and successor, Herman III, for whom Henry II acted as guardian during his minority.