Agnes von Babenberg

Events

Date of Birth: between 1108 and 1112.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The range of dates is given by Jasiński.

Date of Death: either 24/25 January or 26 September, between 1160 and 1163.

Place of Death: Altenburg or Thür.

The dates and places are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Kloster Pforte/Saale.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Leopold III, Margrave of Austria.

This relationship is given by Dienst, by Scheibelreiter, and by Weller (p. 365).

Mother: Agnes von Waiblingen.

This relationship is given by Dienst and by Scheibelreiter.

Spouse: Władysław II Wygnaniec, high duke of Poland.

This relationship is given by Balzer, by Dienst, by Weller (p. 365), by Jasiński, and by Scheibelreiter.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Bolesław I Wysoki (1127 - 7 or 8 December 1201), duke of Wrocław, married (1) Svenislava Vsevolodovna of Kiev; married (2) Christina.

Ryksa married (1) Alfonso VII “el Emperador”, king of Castile and León; married (2) Raymond Berenger II, count of Provence; married (3) Albert (III), count of Everstein.

Mieszko I Plątonogi (died 16 May 1211), duke of Racibórz and Cieszyn.

Konrad I Laskonogi.

Albert.

References

Balzer, Oswald. Genealogia Piastów (Krakow:1895).

Cawley, Charles. “AGNES” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

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

Jasiński, Kazimierz. Rodowód pierwszych Piastów. (Uniwersytet Wrocławski: Warszawa – Wrocław, 1993).

Scheibelreiter, Georg. Die Babenberger: Reichsfürsten und Landesherren. (Böhlau Verlag: Wien, 2010).

Scheibelreiter, Georg. Babenberger genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

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