Berthold VII, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

Berthold VII of Henneberg-Schleusingen, called the Wise (1272–1340), ruled as count for fifty-six years from 1284 and rose from local count to imperial prince. In 1309 King Henry VII pledged him the imperial city of Schweinfurt, and on 25 July 1310 raised him to imperial prince at the Frankfurt Diet.

In 1312 the marriage of Berthold's son Henry VIII to Jutta of Brandenburg brought the Coburg domain back to Henneberg, practically doubling his territory. He was governor of the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1313 and became one of Emperor Louis IV's most influential advisers.

From 1323 to 1330 he was guardian of the emperor's eldest son. He died at Schleusingen on 13 April 1340, and Henry VIII succeeded him.