Clementia von Zähringen

Clementia von Zähringen († around 1167) was the wife of Henry the Lion from 1147 to 1162 .

Grave of Clementia von Zähringen

The wedding of the daughter of Conrad of Zähringen with the Guelph Henry was a political commitment of the Zähringer against the Staufer and served the consolidation of the achieved power base of the Zähringer.

In 1150/51 she was regent during her husband's stay in Bavaria and supported the Abodritic prince Niklot in his campaign against the renegade Kessiner and Zirzipans , by causing the Holstein count Adolf II von Schauenburg to join Niklot with one for the former Conditions to draw a considerable number of 2000 men against the rebels.

This marriage was dissolved with the argument about close relatives in 1162. The Staufer Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa promoted the dissolution of the marriage, as he competed with the Zähringers in Burgundy and on the Upper Rhine. Heinrich still lacked a male descendant from the fourteen-year marriage. At that time, the marriage resulted in their son Heinrich, who died early, and two daughters. Gertrud was born after 1150 . Gertrud married Duke Friedrich IV of Swabia in 1166 . In her second marriage she was with Knut VI. married from Denmark. Her younger sister Richenza also died as a child.

In the second marriage, Clementia married Count Humbert III. by Maurienne . The two daughters Adelheid (1166–1174, fiancee of Johann Ohneland since 1172 ) and Sophie (1167 / 72–1202, ∞ with Azzo IV. D'Este) sprang from this connection .

literature

Hans Prutz : Clementia . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 321.

Web links

Commons : Clemenza of Zähringen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

↑ Helmold von Bosau, Chronica Slavorum, I, 74; Eduard Heyck: History of the Dukes of Zähringen , 1980 (reprint of the edition Freiburg i.Br. 1891–92), p. 321.
↑ Joachim Ehlers: Heinrich the lion. Biography. Munich 2008, p. 183.
↑ Joachim Ehlers: Heinrich the lion. Biography. Munich 2008, p. 74f .; 184.

personal data
SURNAME	Clementia von Zähringen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	by marriage to the Duchess of Saxony and Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century or 12th century
DATE OF DEATH	around 1167

[1] Helmold von Bosau, Chronica Slavorum, I, 74; Eduard Heyck: History of the Dukes of Zähringen , 1980 (reprint of the edition Freiburg i.Br. 1891–92), p. 321.

[2] Joachim Ehlers: Heinrich the lion. Biography. Munich 2008, p. 183.

[3] Joachim Ehlers: Heinrich the lion. Biography. Munich 2008, p. 74f .; 184.