Agnes of Germany

Also known as Agnes von Waiblingen.

Events

Date of Birth: between the summer of 1072 and the beginning of 1073.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Decker-Hauff (p. 346). Weller (pp. 13-14) states that Agnes was no more than seven years old in 1077.

Date of Death: 24 September 1143.

Place of Death: probably Austria.

The date is given by Decker-Hauff (p. 346) and by Röhrig (p. 127). Decker-Hauff gives the place.

Place of Burial: Klosterneuburg.

The place is given by Decker-Hauff (p. 346) and by Röhrig (p. 127).

Relationships

Father: Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

This relationship is given by Schieffer and by Bühler (pp. 229, 704f.).

Mother: Berthe de Savoie.

This relationship is given by Schieffer and by Bühler (p. 229).

Spouse: Frederick I, duke of Swabia.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Weller (pp. 13-14), and by Zey (p. 75).

Spouse: Leopold III, margrave of Austria.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Weller (p. 336), by Röhrig, and by Dienst.

Children (by Friedrich):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. The mother of all the children was Agnes, except Adalbert, whose mother is uncertain.)

Frederick II (1090 - April 1147), duke of Swabia, married (1) Judith of Bavaria; married (2) Agnes of Saarbrücken.

Conrad III (1093 - 15 February 1152), king of Germany, married (1) Gertrud von Komburg; married (2) Gertrud von Sulzbach.

Gertrude (died 1191), married Count Palatine Hermann von Stahleck.

Children (by Leopold):

Adalbert (about 1107 - 8 or 9 November in about 1138) married (1) Adelheid; married (2) Hedwig of Hungary.

Leopold IV (died 18 October 1141), margrave of Austria, duke of Bavaria, married Maria of Bohemia.

Heinrich II “Jasomirgott” (died 13 January 1177), margrave of Austria, married (1) Gertrud von Süpplingenburg; married (2) Theodore Komnene.

Berta (died 9 April, about 1150) married Heinrich III, burgrave of Regensburg.

Agnes married Władysław II Wygnaniec, high duke of Poland.

Otto (1112 - 22 September 1158).

Konrad (1116 - 28 September 1168).

Elisabeth (died 20 May 1143) married Hermann II, count of Winzenburg.

Judith married Guglielmo V “il Vecchio”, marquis of Montferrat.

Ernst (about 1118 - 23 January 1137).

Gertrud (1120 - 4 August 1150) married Vladislav II, duke of the Bohemians.

other children who died young.

References

Bühler, Heinz. “Aus der Geschichte der Gemeinde Herbrechtingen” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Bühler, Heinz. “Wie gelangten die Grafen von Tüblingen zum schwäbischen Pfalzgrafenamt?” in Adel, Klöster und Burgherren im Alten Herzogtum Schwaben: gesammelte Aufsätze (Weissenhorn: Konrad, 1996).

Decker-Hauff, Hansmartin. “Das Staufische Haus” in Die Zeit der Staufer: Katalog der Austellung Band III (Stuttgart, 1973).

Dienst, Heide. “Leopold III.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 14 (1985) S. 277-280 [Onlinefassung].

Röhrig, Floridus . Leopold III. der Heilige: Markgraf von Österreich (Herold Verlag, 1985).

Schieffer, Theodor. “Heinrich IV.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969) S. 315-320 [Onlinefassung].

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).

Zey, Claudia. “Frauen und Töchter der salischen Herrscher” in Die Salier, das Reich und der Niederrhein (Böhlau: Köln, 2008).