Gertrud the Younger from Braunschweig

Henry the Lion's Crypt . Left: Henry the Lion's sarcophagus , right that of his second wife Mathilde Plantagenet . In the background a sarcophagus containing the remains of Gertrude the Elder of Braunschweig († 1077), Margrave Ekberts II of Meißen and Gertrude of Braunschweig.

Gertrud the Younger of Braunschweig (* around 1060; † December 9, 1117 in Braunschweig ) from the Brunones family was Margravine of Meißen .

Gertrud was the daughter of Margrave Ekbert I of Meißen and Irmgard von Susa . She was initially married to Count Dietrich II of Katlenburg († 1085). After the childless death of her older brother Ekbert II in 1090, she received the Brunon property around Brunswick. In her second marriage, Gertrud was married to Count Heinrich the Fat von Northeim († 1101). Their daughter Richenza von Northeim († 1141) married Lothar von Süpplingenburg , Duke of Saxony and later Emperor. This inherited the Brunonese property around Braunschweig. Gertrud's third husband was the Wettin Heinrich I von Eilenburg († 1103), Margrave of Meißen. She secured rule over the Margraviate of Meissen for her underage son, who later became Margrave Heinrich II .

She is important for the history of Braunschweig as the founder of the Aegidienkloster founded in 1115 .

literature

Gudrun Pischke: Gertrud the Younger from Braunschweig. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon . 8th to 18th centuries. Appelhans, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 259 f.
Friedrich Wilhelm Schirrmacher : Gertrud . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 71 f.

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personal data
SURNAME	Braunschweig, Gertrud the younger of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Braunschweig, Gertrud von; Margravine Gertrude II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Margravine of Meissen
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1060
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1117
Place of death	Braunschweig