Adelajda of Poland

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Adelajda of Poland , also Adelheid (* 1090 / 91 , † 1127 ) was by birth a Polish princess and by marriage Margravine on the Nordgau and Nabburg , vohburg and Cham .

Adelajda was the daughter of the Duke of Poland Władysław I Herman and Judith of Hungary . Her sister Agnes became Abbess of Quedlinburg . The foundation of the Reichenbach Monastery by her husband Diepold III. took place with their consent. In the Waldsassen monastery there is a painting with her portrait, which was made in 1795 based on a template from Reichenbach.

From the marriage with the Margrave Diepold III. five children were born:

  • Diepold IV. († approx. 1130), ⚭ Mathilde von Bayern († after 1177), daughter of Duke Heinrich the Black ( Welfen )
  • Adela , heiress of the Egerland ⚭ I before March 2, 1147 in Eger , divorced in March 1153 in Konstanz , Friedrich I. Barbarossa († 1190) 1147 Duke of Swabia , 1152 German King, 1155 Emperor, ⚭ II Dieto von Ravensburg († after 1173), Welf Ministerial
  • Euphemia († before 1144) ⚭ Heinrich III. Count of Winzenburg-Assel († 1146)
  • Sophia / Liutgard († 1148) ⚭ NN (Volkrat?) Count of Lechsmünd
  • Jutta ⚭ Friedrich IV. († 1148), Domvogt of Regensburg

literature

  • Robert Treml: Margrave Diepold III. - the founder of the Waldsassen monastery. In: Franz Busl (Hrsg.): Waldsassen - 850 years a place of grace. Hof 1983, ISBN 3-921615-56-9 , pp. 23–32.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Hlawitschka : Why was the marriage of Friedrich Barbarossa and Adela von Vohburg possible? In: German Archive for Research into the Middle Ages 61/2005, pp. 506–536, here: p. 528.
  2. ^ Tobias Weller : The marriage policy of the German high nobility in the 12th century . Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-11104-X , plate 13 (see above).
personal data
SURNAME Adelajda of Poland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adelheid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish princess, margravine
DATE OF BIRTH 1090 or 1091
DATE OF DEATH 1127