Sophia of Hungary

Events

Date of Birth: about 1045 or 1050.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 18 June 1095.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Althoff (p. 379).

Place of Burial: Lüneburg St Michaelis.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Béla I, king of Hungary.

This relationship is given by Fenske and by Kristó and Makk..

Mother: a daughter of Mieszko II Lambert, king of Poland, and his wife Richeza of Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by Kristó and Makk.

Spouse: Ulric I, margrave of Carniola and Istria.

This relationship is given by Fenske and by Kristó and Makk..

Spouse: Magnus, duke in Saxony.

This relationship is given by Fenske and by Kristó and Makk..

Children (by Ulric):

(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.)

Poppo II (died 1098), margrave of Carniola and Istria, married Richgard von Sponheim.

Ulric II (died 13 May 1112), margrave of Carniola and Istria, married Adelaide of Thuringia.

Richgard married Ekkehard, count of Scheyern.

Adelaide married (1) Frederick, Domvogt of Regensburg; married (2) Udalschalk, count in Lurngau.

Children (by Magnus):

(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 Fenske and from Cawley.)

Wulfhilde (about 1075 - 29 December 1126) married Henry IX “the Black”, duke of Bavaria.

Eilika (born about 1075 - 1080, died 16 January 1143) married Otto “the Rich”, count of Ballenstedt.

References

Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).

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

Fenske, Lutz. “Magnus” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987) S. 666 f. [Onlinefassung].

Kristó, Gyula and Ferenc Makk. Arpaden II genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.