Agnes von Rochlitz
Agnes von Rochlitz (* 1152 ; † March 25, 1195 in Dießen am Ammersee ), also Anežka z Rochlitz or Agnes von Wettin from the House of Wettin , Duchess of Merania , was a German noblewoman and mother of several European queens.
Agnes was the only daughter of Margrave Dedo III. the Lausitz and his wife Mechthilde von Heinsberg . She had five brothers, including Konrad II von Landsberg and Philipp, Probst zu Xanten .
She married Count Berthold IV of Andechs , vassal of the emperor and one of the most influential and powerful princes in Europe at the time, and through this marriage received the title of Duchess of Andechs. This took in 1186 to King Henry VI. Part of the Italian campaign, then later in Emperor Barbarossa's army in the Third Crusade .
Agnes von Rochlitz is buried in Diessen .
progeny
Agnes had eight children, including three queens:
- Otto VII. , † May 7, 1234 in Besançon , 1205 Duke of Merania , 1211 Count Palatine of Burgundy , 1228–1230 Margrave of Istria , buried in Langheim Monastery ; ⚭ I June 21, 1208 in Bamberg Beatrix von Staufen, Countess Palatine of Burgundy, † May 7, 1231, daughter of Otto I Count Palatine of Burgundy ( Staufer ); ⚭ II Sophie von Anhalt , † between November 23, 1273 and January 5, 1274, daughter of Prince Heinrich I ( Ascanian )
- Heinrich , † July 18, 1228 in Windischgraz , 1205 Margrave of Istria , 1209–1211 ostracized due to his alleged participation in the murder of King Philip of Swabia ; ⚭ before 1207 Sophie von Weichselburg , † February 28, 1256, daughter of Count Albert
- Ekbert , † June 6, 1237 in Vienna , 1234 guardian of Duke Otto II , 1192 provost of St. Gangolf in Bamberg , 1202 cathedral provost in Bamberg, 1203–1237 bishop of Bamberg , ostracized from 1209–1212
- Berthold , † May 23, 1251, Elect 1205/06 and 1212 Archbishop of Kalocsa , 1218 Patriarch of Aquileia
- Agnes , * probably 1180, † July 29, 1201 in the Château Poissy , also buried there; ⚭ June 1, 1196, divorced 1200, Philip August , 1180 King of France , † July 14, 1223 in Mantes-la-Jolie , buried in the Saint-Denis basilica ( Capetian )
- Gertrud , † murdered September 8, 1213; ⚭ before 1203 Andreas II. King of Hungary , † September 21, 1235 ( Arpaden ) (the parents of St. Elisabeth of Thuringia )
- Hedwig the Holy , * 1176/80, † May 14, 1243 as abbess of the Cistercians in Trebnitz , canonized on March 26, 1267, buried in Trebnitz; ⚭ 1188/92 Heinrich I, Duke of Silesia , Cracow and Greater Poland , † March 19, 1238 ( Piast )
- Mechthild, † December 1, 1254, before 1214 as a nun in Sankt Theodor in Bamberg , 1215 abbess of Kitzingen
- Daughter , ⚭ April 24th 1190 son of Großžupan Tohu from the house of the Nemanjids
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Agnes von Rochlitz Wettin online
- ↑ a b Genealogy Agnes von Rochlitz - Countess von Andechs ( Memento from April 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agnes von Rochlitz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anežka z Rochlitz; Agnes of Wettin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman and mother of several European queens |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1152 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 25, 1195 |
| Place of death | Dießen am Ammersee |