Agnes of Loon

Agnes von Loon , also Agnes von Loon and Rieneck ; Agnes von Looz and Rieneck , (* around 1150 at Loon Castle; † March 26, 1191 at Wartenberg Castle ) was a Duchess of Bavaria and Countess Palatine von Wittelsbach . She is considered to be the ancestor of the Wittelsbach family.

Life

Agnes von Loon was the daughter of Count Ludwig I von Loon-Rieneck (* after 1107–1171) and his wife Agnes von Metz (* around 1114–1175 / 1180), the daughter of Count Folmar V. von Metz and his wife Matilda von Dagsburg, born. Their home was County Loon . At the age of 19 she married Otto I (1117–1183) in Kelheim in 1169 , who was enfeoffed with the Duchy of Bavaria on September 16, 1180 and henceforth called Duke Otto I von Wittelsbach. The mediator of the wedding, which had probably already been arranged in 1167, was probably Konrad I von Wittelsbach , the Archbishop of Mainz , a brother of Otto I von Wittelsbach. Members of the von Loon family repeatedly took over the burgrave office in the diocese of Mainz . There were thus close relationships between the von Loon and von Rieneck genders , which made the marriage seem understandable despite the spatial distance.

The marriage resulted in nine children , including a. the son Ludwig the Kelheimer (1173–1231), the later Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine. After the death of her husband - he died about three years after his appointment as Duke - Agnes von Loon was regent from 1183 for her underage son, who was then just 10 years old, until he came of age in 1191. Ludwig the Kelheimer made it several donations to the church by his mother's hand. In the documents Agnes von Loon is referred to as "Domina Agnes Ducissa" ("Mrs. Duchess Agnes"). She secured the reign for her son primarily through her "strong personality", which enabled her to hold the Regency Council together.

Agnes von Loon was considered a smart, energetic and art-interested woman who was very gifted politically. Her mother Agnes von Metz had already promoted artists, minstrels and poets. a. Heinrich von Veldeke . Veldeke wrote about 6,000 verses on the life and miracles of St. Servatius von Tongern , who was im. Servatius , on the order and at a personal request of Agnes von Metz (= Agnes von Loon the Elder), based on a Latin model "Vita S. Servatii" 4th century Bishop of Maastricht was. The text is considered to be the most extensive medieval verse poetry in the German language. The distribution, communication and promotion of the Servatius legend in southern Germany was probably done by Agnes von Loon. It can be assumed that Agnes von Loon brought this cult from her homeland Loon to Bavaria .

Agnes von Loon shaped and influenced the history of Bavaria. The first name of her father Ludwig (Louis) became the "permanent lead name" of the Wittelsbach family.

Agnes von Loon died in March 1191; her son Ludwig the Kelheimer had recently reached the age of majority. Agnes von Loon is buried in Scheyern Abbey.

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The time of the early Wittelsbacher , in: Alois Schmid: New ways of the Bavarian country history. P. 52 ff. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | GWV Fachvberlage GmbH. Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-531-16031-3 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Agnes von Loon in: Rall, Hans and Marga: Die Wittelsbacher . Pp. 21, 27-32. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
↑ ^a ^b 1183-92 Regent Dowager Princess Agnes van Loon-Rieneck of Bavaria (Germany) , short biography. WOMEN IN POWER 1150–1200. Retrieved May 2, 2015
↑ ^a ^b ^c Legends and biblical poetry in the Rhine-Maas area in: Helmut Tervooren / Carola Kirschner / Johannes Spicker: Van der Masen tot op den Rijn: A manual on the history of medieval vernacular literature in the Rhine and Maas area. P. 42 ff. Erich Schmidt Verlag. Berlin 2006.
↑ ^a ^b The early court epic. In: Helmut de Boor / Ursula Hennig: The courtly literature: preparation, flowering, conclusion: 1170–1250 . CH Beck. Munich. 11th edition 1991. p. 40. ISBN 3-406-35132-8 .

personal data
SURNAME	Agnes of Loon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Agnes von Loon and Rieneck; Agnes von Looz and Rieneck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duchess of Bavaria and Countess Palatine von Wittelsbach
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1150
PLACE OF BIRTH	Loon Castle
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1191
Place of death	Wartenberg Castle

[Schmid-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The time of the early Wittelsbacher , in: Alois Schmid: New ways of the Bavarian country history. P. 52 ff. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | GWV Fachvberlage GmbH. Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-531-16031-3 .

[Rall-2] Agnes von Loon in: Rall, Hans and Marga: Die Wittelsbacher . Pp. 21, 27-32. Retrieved May 2, 2015.

[WiP-3] 1183-92 Regent Dowager Princess Agnes van Loon-Rieneck of Bavaria (Germany) , short biography. WOMEN IN POWER 1150–1200. Retrieved May 2, 2015

[Masen-4] Legends and biblical poetry in the Rhine-Maas area in: Helmut Tervooren / Carola Kirschner / Johannes Spicker: Van der Masen tot op den Rijn: A manual on the history of medieval vernacular literature in the Rhine and Maas area. P. 42 ff. Erich Schmidt Verlag. Berlin 2006.

[Literatur-5] The early court epic. In: Helmut de Boor / Ursula Hennig: The courtly literature: preparation, flowering, conclusion: 1170–1250 . CH Beck. Munich. 11th edition 1991. p. 40. ISBN 3-406-35132-8 .