Gertrude of Süpplingenburg
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg | |
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Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor | |
Mother | Richenza of Northeim |
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (18 April 1115 – 18 April 1143) was
Life
Gertrude was the only child of Lothair of Supplinburg, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Richenza of Northeim.[1] After the death of the last Salian emperor Henry V, her father, backed by Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz was elected King of the Romans in 1125,[2] and ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137.
First marriage
Gertrude was married to
Gertrude's husband had received the
Regent
Acting as Saxon regent, Gertrude with the aid of her mother Empress Richenza was able to secure the inheritance rights of her son by reaching a consent with the Hohenstaufen King Conrad III. In 1142 Henry the Lion was finally vested with the Duchy of Saxony by King Conrad III, after Albert the Bear renounced his rights. Henry the Lion himself in turn renounced his succession in the Duchy of Bavaria, which Conrad ceded to the
Second marriage
Gertrude and Henry II married on 1 May 1142 in Brunswick.[3] They had:
- Richenza (b. 1143 - d. 1200), married Landgrave Heinrich V of Steffling.[3]
The marriage produced no male heirs, as Gertrude died in childbirth at
Henry Jasomirgott later married his second wife, Theodora Komnene,[3] a niece of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos. In 1152 King Conrad was succeeded by his nephew Frederick Barbarossa, who vested Gertrude's son Henry the Lion with the Duchy of Bavaria in 1156.
Ancestry
8. Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||||||||||||||||||
10. Frederick, Count of Formbach | ||||||||||||||||||||
5. Hedwig of Formbach | ||||||||||||||||||||
11. Gertrude of Haldensleben | ||||||||||||||||||||
1. Gertrude of Süpplingenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
12. Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria | ||||||||||||||||||||
6. Henry of Northeim, Margrave of Frisia | ||||||||||||||||||||
13. Richenza of Swabia | ||||||||||||||||||||
3. Richenza of Northeim | ||||||||||||||||||||
14. Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen | ||||||||||||||||||||
7. Gertrude of Brunswick | ||||||||||||||||||||
15. Immilla of Turin | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Arnold 1991, p. 137.
- ^ Balzani 1926, p. 361.
- ^ a b c Lyon 2013, p. 242.
- ^ Freed 2016, p. 40.
Sources
- Arnold, Benjamin (1991). Princes and Territories in Medieval Germany. Cambridge University Press.
- Balzani, Ugo (1926). "Italy, 1125-1152". In Tanner, J.R.; Previté-Orton, C.W.; Brooke, Z.N. (eds.). The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 5. Vol. V: Contest of Empire and Papacy. The Macmillan Company.
- Freed, John (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.
- Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100–1250. Cornell University Press.