Kunigunde
Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war).[1] People with the name include:
- Queen Cunigunde of Swabia (died 918), wife and consort of King Conrad I of East Francia
- Holy Roman Empress St. Cunigunde (of Luxembourg) (c. 975 - 1040), wife and consort of Holy Roman Emperor St. Henry II
- Queen Kunigunde (of Hohenstaufen) (1200? – 13 September 1248), wife and consort of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
- Queen Kunigunda (of Slavonia) (died 1285), consort of Bohemia and its regent from 1278-85
- St. Kinga of Poland (died 1292), Patroness of Poland and Lithuania
- Kunigunde of Poland (c. 1298 – 1331), daughter of King Władysław I the Elbow-High of Poland
- Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Margrave of Brandenburg
- Kunigunde of Sternberg (died 1449), first wife of George of Poděbrady
- Queen Kunigunde of Bohemia (died 1464), wife and consort of King Matthias of Hungary
- Archduchess Kunigunde of Austria (died 1520), wife of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
- Cunigunda of Laon, wife of Bernard of Italy
- Cunégonde, a fictional character in Voltaire's novel Candide
See also
- Kunegunda (name), a Polish version of the name
- 936 Kunigunde, a minor planet orbiting the sun
Notes
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