Gertrude of Sulzbach
| Gertrude of Sulzbach | |
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Queen consort of Germany | |
| Tenure | 7 March 1138 – 14 April 1146 |
| Born | c. 1110 Sulzbach Castle, Bavaria |
| Died | 14 April 1146 (aged 35–36) Hersfeld Abbey, Franconia |
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| Spouse | Conrad III of Germany |
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| Father | Berengar II of Sulzbach |
| Mother | Adelheid of Wolfratshausen |
Gertrude of Sulzbach (
Life
She was the daughter of the Bavarian count Berengar II of Sulzbach (c.1080–1125) and Adelheid of Wolfratshausen (d. 1126).[1]
The identity of Gertrude's mother is mentioned in the Kastler Reimchronik, Vers 525. Adelheid of Wolfratshausen is mentioned in various other documents of the 12th century as "Countess of Sulzbach", without mentioning her husband. De Fundatoribus Monasterii Diessenses contains a rather confused genealogy concerning her two most prominent daughters. Otto II, Count of
At the time of Gertrude's birth, in 1111, Count Berengar II was among the nobles attending the coronation of the last Salian emperor Henry V. He is mentioned among the sureties of documents related to the coronation. In 1120, Berengar is recorded granting a donation to the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. He is mentioned as co-founder of Kastl Abbey about 1103 and as the founder of the Berchtesgaden monastery on behalf of his late mother in 1101–02, as well as of Baumburg Abbey about 1107–09. On 23 December 1122, he was one of the German nobles who signed the Concordat of Worms between Emperor Henry V and Pope Callixtus II. In August 1125, Berengar is mentioned in documents of Henry's successor King Lothair II of Germany; his death is documented four months later.
Queen consort of Germany
Gertrude married Conrad of Hohenstaufen,
After Emperor Lothair II died in 1137, Gertrude's husband Conrad finally was elected King of the Romans on 7 March 1138, though he had to ward off the claims raised by the rivalling Welf duke Henry X of Bavaria and his sons Henry the Lion and Welf VI. To secure the Hohenstaufen rule, Conrad had the princes elect his son Henry Berengar, then ten years old, as co-King of Germany at an Imperial diet held in Regensburg on 13 March 1147. Overall King Conrad relied in a great extent to the relatives of his wife Gertrude for support.[2]
Gertrude died in 1146 at
right next to her younger son.Issue
Gertrude had two children:
- Henry Berengar (1136 or 1137 – 1150),[4] who in March 1147 was proclaimed co-king by his father, being crowned on 30 March 1147 in Aachen
- Frederick of Rothenburg (1145–1167), Duke of Swabia from 1152, married 1166 Gertrude of Bavaria (d. 1196), daughter of Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b Otto I of Freising 1953, p. 54.
- ^ Freed 2016, p. 40.
- ^ "Adam von Ebrach", Biographia Cisterciensis (Cistercian Biography), Version vom 3.06.2020
- ^ Luscombe & Riley-Smith 2004, p. 754.
- ^ Lyon 2013, p. 244.
References
- Freed, John B. (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.
- Luscombe, David Edward; Riley-Smith, Jonathan, eds. (2004). The New Cambridge Medieval History, c.1024-c.1198. Vol. IV, part II. Cambridge University Press.
- Lyon, Jonathan R. (2013). Princely Brothers and Sisters. Cornell University Press.
- Otto I of Freising (1953). The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa. Translated by Mierow, Charles Christopher. Columbia University Press.
External links
- Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of Leopold I, Margrave of Austria". Genealogy.EU.
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