Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen
| Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen | |
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| Kunigunde's tomb at the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia | |
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| Tenure | 1230–1248 |
| Spouse | Wenceslaus I of Bohemia |
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| Vladislaus, Margrave of Moravia | |
| House | House of Hohenstaufen (by birth) Přemyslid dynasty (by marriage) |
| Father | Philip of Swabia |
| Mother | Irene Angelina |
| Born | c. 1200 Swabia, Germany |
| Died | 13 September 1248 (aged 47–48) Prague, Bohemia |
| Burial | Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia in Prague |
Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen or Kunigunde of Swabia (German: Kunigunde von Staufen or Kunigunde von Schwaben, Czech: Kunhuta Štaufská or Kunhuta Švábská) (1200? – 13 September 1248) was the second daughter of Philip, Duke of Swabia and his wife, Irene Angelina.[1]
Family
Her grandparents were Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy.[2] Her maternal grandparents were Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor and his first wife Herina.[3]
She and her three sisters were orphaned in 1208; that year, her father was murdered, and a few months later her mother died following the birth of a fifth daughter, who did not live either.[1]
Marriage and children
Kunigunge soon moved to Prague, where her fiancé Wenceslaus lived. He was the eldest surviving son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary.[4] (Constance was a daughter of Béla III of Hungary and Agnes of Antioch [5] ). In 1224, Kunigunde married Wenceslaus. They were crowned in 1228.[6]
In 1230, Wenceslaus succeeded his father, with Kunigunde as his Queen consort. However, Queen Kunigunde seems to be not important in politics, though she was the founder of monasteries. They had five children:[4]
- Vladislaus, Margrave of Moravia (c. 1228 – 3 January 1247).
- Ottokar II of Bohemia (c. 1230 – 26 August 1278).
- Beatrice of Bohemia (c. 1231 – 27 May 1290). Married Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg.
- Agnes of Bohemia (died 10 August 1268). Married Henry III, Margrave of Meissen.
- An unnamed daughter. Died young.
When Wenceslaus childless brother Přemysl, Margrave of Moravia, died in 1239, sons of Wenceslaus and Kunigunde was the only chances for survival of the House of Přemysl. The first-born son Vladislaus died in 1247. His mother probably sorrowed for him not as much as her husband, who was heart-broken.
In 1248, younger son Přemysl was enticed by discontented nobles to lead a rebellion against his father. Queen Kunigunde stayed in Prague, but died during this revolt on 13 September 1248. Neither husband nor son paid a visit on her funeral. She was buried in Agnes nunnery.
The rebellion was defeated and Ottokar was imprisoned by his father, but released shortly afterwards.
Ancestry
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cawley, Charles, Profile of Philip of Swabia and his children, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
- ↑ Cawley, Charles, Profile of Frederick I and his children, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
- ↑ Cawley, Charles, Profile of Isaac II and his children, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cawley, Charles, Profile of Wenceslaus I and his children, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
- ↑ Cawley, Charles, Profile of Bela III and his children, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
- ↑ Druhé pokračování Kosmovy kroniky, Praha: Svoboda, 1974, OCLC 3097148
References
- Cawley, Charles, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Missing or empty
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| Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen Born: 1200? Died: 13 September 1248 | ||
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| Preceded by Constance of Hungary |
Queen consort of Bohemia 1230–1248 |
Succeeded by Margaret, Duchess of Austria |