Judith of Austria

Also known as Giulitta, Jutta, and Ita.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 1178.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Leopold III “der Heilige”, margrave of Austria.

This relationship is given by Cognasso (p. 152), by Scheibelreiter, by Weller (p. 374), by Röhrig, and by Settia.

Mother: Agnes of Germany.

This relationship is given by Cognasso (p. 152) and by Röhrig.

(possible) Spouse: Guglielmo V “il Vecchio”, margrave of Montferrat.

This relationship is given by Cognasso (p. 152), by Weller (p. 375), and by Settia. Röhrig (p. 73) states that Judith married a margrave of Montferrat, and most historians believe it was William V, but it remains an open question whether this is correct. He is named Regenger (Rainer) in at least one primary source.

Children:

(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.)

Guglielmo “Long-Espia” married Sibylle of Jerusalem.

Corrado (about 1146 - 28 April 1192), margrave of Montferrat, married (1) unknown; married (2) Theodora Angelina; married (3) Isabelle of Jerusalem.

Bonifacio I (1150 - 4 September 1207), margrave of Montferrat, king of Thessaloniki, married (1) Elena di Bosco; possibly married (2) Jeanne de Châtillon; married (3) Margit of Hungary. Bonifacio was the leader of the Fourth Crusade.

Federico, bishop of Alba.

Ranieri (Ioannes) (1163 - August 1182), married Maria Komnene.

Agnese (died 1202) married count Guido (III) Guidi.

Alasia married Manfredo II, marquis of Saluzzo.

References

Cognasso, Francesco. Il Piemonte Nell’ Età Sveva (Torino: 1968).

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

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

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

Settia, Aldo. “Guglielmo V, detto Il Vecchio, marchese di Monferrato” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 20 (2003).

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