Matilda of Saffenburg

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 2 January, 1145 or 1146.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Adolf, count of Saffenburg.

This relationship is given by Wauters, by Neu, and by Weller (p. 519). Cawley gives his father as Adalbert, count of Saffenberg, and his father's parents as Hermann of Saffenberg and Gepa.

Mother: Margaret of Schwarzenberg.

This relationship is given by Cawley. Cawley gives Margaret's father as Engelbert, and Engelbert's parents as Berthold and Richgard.

Spouse: Henry II, duke of Limburg. Married in 1136.

This relationship is given by Wauters, by Neu, and by Weller (p. 519).

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.)

Margaret (died 1172) married Godfrey III of Leuven (later Godfrey VII, duke of Lower Lorraine).

Henry III (died 21 June 1221), duke of Limburg, married Sophie.

References

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

Neu, Heinrich. “Heinrich II” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 367 [Onlinefassung].

Wauters, Alphonse. “Henri II, duc de Limbourg” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 9 (Bruxelles:1886-1887). pp. 149 - 151.

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