Adelheid of Metz
Countess Adelheid von Metz or Egisheim († May 19, probably 1039/1046) was a sister of Count Adalbert and Gerhard from the house of Matfriede . Adelheid was married to Heinrich von Speyer , also known as "Heinrich von Worms", and after his death in 989/1000 married a Franconian count, possibly Poppo in Lobdengau, for the second time . In 1037 she founded the Canons' Monastery of Öhringen , from which the present-day Stiftskirche Öhringen emerged , in whose crypt Adelheid's bones rest in a stone sarcophagus from the 13th century.
Heinrich and Adelheid had two children, a younger daughter, Judith († probably 998, but certainly before April 30, 1034), who was also buried in Worms Cathedral, as well as an older son, Konrad (* probably 990; † 4. June 1039 in Utrecht ), who was elected German king as Konrad II in 1024 and was crowned emperor in 1027. In her second marriage she was the mother of the Regensburg Bishop Gebhard III.
literature
- Kurt Reindel : Gebhard III .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 115 f. ( Digitized version ). (Secondary entry)
- Heinrich Appelt : Adelheid of Metz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , pp. 492-495 ( digitized version ). (Secondary entry)
- Eberhard Knoblauch: The grave of Countess Adelheid, mother of Emperor Konrad II. In: Pfälzer Heimat , Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science, Speyer, year 15, 1964, pp. 46-48
Individual evidence
- ^ Hansmartin Decker-Hauff : The Öhringer foundation letter . In: Württembergisch Franken . tape 41 (new episode 31). Historical Association for Württemberg Franconia, Schwäbisch Hall 1957, p. 17-31 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adelheid of Metz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adelheid von Egisheim; Adelheid von Öhringen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Heinrich von Speyer and mother of Emperor Conrad II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 970 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1039 or 1046 |