Agnes von Habsburg (1315-1392)
Agnes von Habsburg (* around 1315 in Vienna , † 1392 in Schweidnitz ) was the last Duchess of Schweidnitz-Jauer .
Life
Agnes was the second daughter of the Habsburg Duke Leopold I the Glorious from his marriage to Katharina , Princess of Savoy . In 1338 she married Duke Bolko II von Schweidnitz-Jauer , who came from the Liegnitz branch of the Silesian Piasts . The marriage probably remained childless, although legend has it that the ducal couple's only son, Bolko, died during a game when he was nine years old when the court jester Jakob Thau accidentally threw him a stone.
After her husband's death in 1368, the Duchy of Swidnica-Jawor fell inheritance rights to the crown of Bohemia , where Agnes a lifelong usufruct state. She died in Schweidnitz in 1392 and was buried in the Franciscan church there. In the princely chapel of the Cistercian monastery Grüssau , built under Abbot Benedikt II Seidel 1735–1747, there is a sculpture of Duchess Agnes, which was created by the Bohemian sculptor Anton Dorazil .
literature
- Fifth family tree of the House of Habsburg. In: C. von Wurzbach: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Österreich ., Vienna 1856–1890
- A. Geyer: History of the cities and villages, castles and mountains, churches and monasteries of the old Silesian region. Leipzig 1897
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Agnes von Oesterreich (Duchess of Silesia) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 137 ( digital copy ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ P. Ambrosius Rose: Grüssau Monastery . Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-8062-0126-9 , 36
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Habsburg, Agnes von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agnes of Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Schweidnitz and Jauer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1315 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1392 |
| Place of death | Schweidnitz |