| Constance of Babenberg | |
|---|---|
| Constance of Babenberg | |
| Spouse(s) | Henry III, Margrave of Meissen |
| Noble family | House of Babenberg |
| Father | Leopold VI, Duke of Austria |
| Mother | Theodora Angelina |
| Born | 1212 |
| Died | 5 May 1243 |
Constance of Babenberg (German: Konstanze von Österreich; 1212 – 5 June 1243) was the daughter of Duke Leopold VI of Austria and his wife, Theodora Angelina
She married on 1 May 1234 with Margrave Henry "the Illustrious" of Meissen. The wedding took place in Vienna rather than in the old Hofburg. It is believed that the conversion of the Imperial Palace had not completed, or perhaps it was too small. There are three sources for information about the wedding itself. Two of them report that the wedding happened in campo inuxta Stadelowe, in other words, in Stadlau. The third source reports happened in aput Ringlense, a name which has fallen into disuse and was used instead of today's Floridsdorf. The two sources, reporting Stadlau, also published a list of wedding guests. Present were the kings of Hungary and Bohemia, the Archbishop of Salzburg, the bishops of Passau, Bamberg, Freising and Seckau. From the secular aristocracy also Margrave of Moravia, the dukes of Saxony and Carinthia and the Landgrave of Thuringia were present. The guest list this suggests the importance of the Duke of Babenberg.
Henry and Constance had two sons: Albert II, the Degenerate and Dietrich of Landsberg.
In 1910, a street in Donaustadt (the 22nd district of Vienna), was named after her: Konstanziagasse.