Dobroniega Ludgarda of Poland
Dobroniega Ludgarda of Poland | |
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Born | before 1136 |
Died | around 1160 or later |
house of Piast | |
Spouse(s) | Theodoric I, Margrave of Lusatia |
Issue | Conrad, Gertruda |
Father | Bolesław III Wrymouth |
Mother | Salomea of Berg |
Dobroniega Ludgarda of Poland (b. before 1136, d. around 1160 or later) was a Polish princess,
She was the daughter of
Early life
Dobroniega Ludgarda is named by
She was named Dobroniega after her paternal great-grandmother, Maria Dobroniega of Kiev.[3][1] Dobroniega probably took on her second name Ludgarda after marriage with Theodoric, son of margrave of Meissen and Lusatia, whose mother was Luitgard (Ludgarda). This hypothesis, formulated by Karol Maleczyński, is widely accepted by historians.[3][1]
No sources mentioned her date of birth.[1] She was one of younger children of Bolesław III and Salomea.[1]
According to Karol Maleczyński she was born no later than in 1129 as the tenth child of Bolesław III and Salomea.[3] Historian Kazimierz Jasiński considered that Dobroniega was born probably between 1128 and 1135 as she was probably younger than her husband who was born no earlier than in 1130 and she was married around 1147.[4]
There is also a possibility that Dobroniega was the daughter of Bolesław III who was engaged with
Marriage
Few years after the death of Bolesław III in 1138 his sons started fighting against each other: on the one side was
The date of the marriage is unknown. According to older historians it was around 1142.
During her marriage she bore two children: a son, Conrad, and a daughter, Gertruda.[9] Her husband Theodoric became Margrave of Lusatia in 1156.[10]
Theodoric abandoned Dobroniega, but it is unknown when exactly that happened.[11] According to Chronicon Montis Sereni some time afterward Theodoric started a relationship with Cunigunde, the widowed Countess of Plötzkau.[11]
Oswald Balzer argued that Theodoric abandoned Dobroniega after 1144, while Kazimierz Jasiński thought that happened later, probably in 1150s.[11]
Death and aftermath
Dobroniega's date of death remains unknown. She died no earlier than around 1160.[11] Otherwise Theodoric could have married his concubine.[11] There is no information where Dobroniega was buried.[11][7]
Her son Conrad was killed in a tournament on 17 February 1175, while her daughter Gertruda became a nun in Gerbstedt.[9]
Footnotes
- ^ ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
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- ^ a b c d e f Maleczyński, Karol (1939–1946). "Dobronega Ludgarda". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Vol. 5. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności. p. 248.
- ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
- ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
- ^ ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
- ^ ISBN 83-08-02829-2.
- ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
- ^ ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
- ^ Lindner, Michael. "Dietrich (II.) von Landsberg". Sächsische Biografie. Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
References
- ISBN 83-85218-32-7.
- Maleczyński, Karol (1939–1946). "Dobronega Ludgarda". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Vol. 5. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności. p. 248.