Hermann von Gleichen-Tonna

Hermann, called the Younger, was count of Gleichen-Tonna and from 1332 Schultheiss, or bailiff, of Ohrdruf in Thuringia. The son of Count Heinrich III and Lucia Svantepolksdotter, he first appears in charters in 1301.

Before 1325 he married Sophie, daughter of Count Dietrich of Honstein-Klettenberg. He is documented acting as count through 1343 and died at Nuremberg on 18 May 1345, being buried in the church of St. Peter and Paul in Erfurt. His son Heinrich VI succeeded him.