Wulfhilde of Saxony
| Wulfhilde of Saxony | |
|---|---|
 Henry IX of Bavaria and Wulfhild of Saxony | |
| Duchesses consort of Bavaria | |
| Born | 1072 |
| Died | 29 December 1126 (aged 53–54) Weingarten Abbey |
| Burial | Weingarten Abbey |
| Spouse | Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria |
| Issue | Henry X, Duke of Bavaria Conrad of Bavaria Sophia of Bavaria Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia Matilda Welf VI Wulfhilde |
| House | Billung |
| Father | Magnus, Duke of Saxony |
| Mother | Sophia of Hungary |
Wulfhilde Billung of Saxony (1072 – 29 December 1126) was the eldest daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and his wife, Sophia of Hungary.[1]
In about 1095 she married Duke Henry IX of Bavaria.[2][3] As a result of this marriage, part of the Billung possessions came into the hands of the House of Guelph. They had the following children:
- Henry X[2]
- Conrad (died: 17 March 1126 in Bari, buried in Molfetta), a Cistercian monk and saint
- Sophia
Wulfhild and her daughter Sophia in a fresco in Weingarten Abbey - Judith[2]
- Matilda (d. 1138), married Margrave Diephold IV of Vohburg (d. 1130) and Count Gebhard III of Sulzbach (d. 1188)
- Welf VI
- Wulfhilde, married Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (d. 1160)
Wulfhilde died in 1126 and was buried at Weingarten Abbey.
References
[edit]- ↑ Dragnea, Mihai (2021). "Crusade and Colonization in the Wendish Territories in the Early Twelfth Century: An Analysis of the So-called Magdeburg Letter of 1108". Mediaevalia. 42 (1): 41–61. doi:10.1353/mdi.2021.0001. ISSN 2161-8046.
- 1 2 3 Luscombe & Riley-Smith 2006, p. 755.
- ↑ Schmidt, Richard (2019-04-15). Heinrich der Löwe: Seine Stellung in der inneren und in der auswärtigen Politik Deutschlands (in German). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-486-77018-6.
Sources
[edit]- Luscombe, David; Riley-Smith, Jonathan, eds. (2006). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge University Press.
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