Henry IX “the Black”, duke of Bavaria

Events

Date of Birth: about 1074.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Schmid.

Date of Death: 13 December 1126.

Place of Death: Ravensburg.

The date and place are given by Reindel and by Schmid.

Place of Burial: Weingarten.

The place is given by Reindel and by Schmid.

Relationships

Father: Welf I, duke of Bavaria.

This relationship is given by Reindel, by Schmid, and by Schneidmüller (p. 12).

Mother: Judith of Flanders.

This relationship is given by Reindel, by Schmid, and by Schneidmüller (p. 12).

Spouse: Wulfhilde of Saxony.

This relationship is given by Reindel, by Weller, by Schmid, and by Schneidmüller (pp. 12, 30).

Children (by Wulfhilde):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Henry X “the Proud” (about 1108 - 20 October 1139), duke of Bavaria, duke of Saxony, married Gertrude of Süpplingenburg.

Conrad (died 17 March 1126).

Sophia married (1) Berthold III, duke of Zähringen; married (2) Leopold “the Strong”, margrave of Styria.

Judith married Frederick II “the One-Eyed”, duke of Swabia.

Matilda married (1) Diepold (IV), margrave of Vohburg; married (2) Gebhard (III), count of Sulzbach.

Welf (16 December, 1114 or 1115 - 14 or 15 December 1191), duke of Spoleto, margrave of Tuscany, married Uta of Calw, duchess of Schauenburg.

Wulfhilde married Rudolf, count of Bregenz.

Children (illegitimate):

Adalbert (died 1144), abbot of Corvey.

References

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

Reindel, Kurt. “Heinrich IX. der Schwarze” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969) S. 343 [Onlinefassung].

Schmid, A. "Heinrich IX der Schwarze" in volume 4 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Schneidmüller, Bernd. Die Welfen: Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819-1252) (Kohlhammer: Stuttgart, 2000).

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