Agnes from Bar

Agnes von Bar (* around 1177; † June 19, 1226 ) was a Duchess of Lorraine .

Agnes was the daughter of Theobald I, who had ruled as Count von Bar since 1190, and his first wife Lauretta von Looz, a daughter of Count Ludwig I von Looz and Rieneck. In 1189 Agnes married the future Duke Friedrich II of Lorraine. She was mistress of Amance , Longwy and Stenay .

Agnes may have had a young deceased son named Theobald from her husband, but at least the following six children:

• Theobald I. (* around 1191; † February 17 or March 24, 1220), Duke of Lorraine; ∞ around 1215 Gertrud († 1225), daughter of Count Albrecht II of Dagsburg
• Matthew II (around 1193; † February 9 or 11, 1251), Duke of Lorraine; ∞ Katharina von Limburg († 1255), daughter of Duke Walram IV. And Ermesinde II. , Countess of Luxembourg
• Jakob († October 24, 1260), 1239–60 Bishop of Metz
• Reinald († end of 1274), Lord of Stenay and Bitsch , Count of Blieskastel ; ∞ Elisabeth Countess von Blieskastel († 1273), daughter of Count Heinrich
• Laurette († after September 30, 1226); ∞ Simon III. , Count of Saarbrücken († before 1240)
• Alix († 1242), ∞ Werner I. Count of Kyburg († 1228)

The Cistercian monk Alberich von Trois-Fontaines records the death of Agnes in his world chronicle in 1226, which means that she outlived her husband by 13 years. She had also written her will in 1226. She was buried in the Beaupré monastery.

literature

• E. Duvernoy: Agnès de Bar. In: Dictionnaire de Biographie française. Vol. 1 (1932), Col. 740.

Web links

• Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands Agnes de Bar