Richeza

Also known as Richenza, Rixa, and Ryksa.

Events

Date of Birth: about 995.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by by Fößel and by Glocker (p. 316).

Date of Death: 21 March 1063.

Place of Death: Saalfeld (Thüringen).

The date and place are given by Fößel and by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Köln, Sankt Maria ad gradus.

The place is given by Fößel and by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Ezzo, count palatine in Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by Fößel, by Hlawitschka, and by Glocker (p. 216, p. 318).

Mother: Mathilde.

This relationship is given by Fößel, by Hlawitschka, and by Glocker (p. 216, p. 316).

Spouse: Mieszko II Lambert, king of Poland. Married about 1013. Later divorced.

This relationship is given by Balzer, by Fößel, by Hlawitschka, by Jasiński, and by Glocker (p. 216, p. 316).

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.)

Kazimierz I Karol Odnowiciel (25 July 1016 - 19 March 1058), prince of Poland, married Dobronega Maria Vladimirovna of Kiev.

A daughter married Béla I, king of Hungary.

Gertruda (died 4 January 1108) married Iziaslav I Iaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev.

References

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

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

Fößel, Amalie, “Richeza”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 21 (2003), S. 516-517 [Onlinefassung]

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).

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