Emnilda

Emnilda (also Emnildis or Emnild ; * around 973 , † around 1017 ) was a daughter of the Sorbian prince Dobromir from Lausitz, who was related to the Saxon nobility through her mother . She was by marriage from 987 Duchess and from 1000 Queen of Poland .

Life

Emnilda was the third wife of the Polish ruler Bolesław I Chrobry , whom she married in 987. Thietmar von Merseburg's praise for Emnilda suggests her high reputation and great influence at the Piastenhof .

Several children emerged from the marriage with Bolesław:

• Daughter NN (* around 988; † after 1013), abbess of a monastery whose name is unknown ;
• Reglindis (* around 989; † after March 21, 1016), married in 1002 to Margrave Hermann von Meißen ;
• Mieszko II (* 990; † 10 May 1034), from 1025 King of Poland, married in 1013 to Richeza , niece of Emperor Otto III. ;
• Daughter NN (* around 995; † after 1018), married between 1009/1012 to Swjatopolk I , Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus ;
• Otto (* around 1000; † 1033), from 1031/1032 Duke of Poland;

literature

• Tadeusz Wasilewski: Emnilda , [in:] Słownik starożytności słowiańskich , vol. 8, cz. 1, pp. 113–115, Wrocław 1991, ISBN 83-04-03389-5 .
• Józef Widajewicz: Skąd pochodziła Emnilda , “Życie i Myśl” 1951, p. 482.
• Stanisław Zakrzewski: Bolesław Chrobry Wielki , Kraków 2000, ISBN 83-7052-360-9 .