Herrand was born around 1230. He belonged to an important noble family that held the hereditary office of high steward in the
Duchy of Styria. The family's castle, now in ruins, was . His father, Ulrich (), was the standard-bearer at the
battle of Kressenbrunn in 1260. His mother's name is unknown. Herrand is numbered Herrand II after his grandfather, , who died around 1222. Sometime before 1260, Herrand married Perhta (or Perchta), a daughter of the poet
Ulrich von Lichtenstein. They had two sons, Ulrich von Eppenstein and Herrand III von Wildonie. Herrand was involved in the
War of the Babenberg Succession that followed the death of the last
Babenberg Duke of Austria in 1246. His activities can be traced in numerous surviving documents and the chronicle of . He entered the service of King
Béla IV of Hungary in 1249, before joining King
Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1254. In 1268, he was temporarily imprisoned by Ottokar. In 1276, he entered the service of King
Rudolf I of Germany. He was recorded alive for the last time in 1278 when, after Rudolf's victory in the
battle on the Marchfeld, he attended the king's court in
Vienna. He was dead by 1282. ==Works==