Immilla of Turin

Immilla (also Emilia, Immula, Ermengard or Irmgard) (born c.1020, died January 1078)^[1] was a member of the Arduinici dynasty.

Immilla was the daughter of Ulric Manfred II of Turin and Bertha of Milan. Her older sister was Adelaide of Susa.

Her first husband was Otto of Schweinfurt, whom she married c.1036.^[2]

With her first husband, Otto, Immilla had five daughters:

• Bertha (or Alberada) (died 1 April 1103), married firstly Herman II, Count of Kastl, and married secondly Frederick, Count of Kastl
• Gisela, inherited Kulmbach and Plassenburg, married Arnold IV, Count of Andechs
• Judith (died 1104), married firstly Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria, and secondly Botho, Count of Pottenstein
• Eilika, abbess of Niedermünster
• Beatrice (1040–1140), inherited Schweinfurt, married Henry II, Count of Hildrizhausen and Margrave of the Nordgau

After Otto's death in September 1057,^[3] Immilla married again (c.1058). Her second husband was Ekbert I of Meissen.^[4]

With her second husband, Ekbert I, Immilla had the following children:

• Ekbert II
• Gertrude

In 1067, shortly before his death, Ekbert I attempted to repudiate Immilla in order to marry Adelaide, daughter of Otto I, Margrave of Meissen.^[5] After Ekbert's death in 1068, Immilla spent some time at the imperial court with her niece Bertha, before returning to Italy.^[6] It is possible that she acted as regent for her young son, Ekbert II, at this time.^[7]

Immilla died in Turin in January 1078. She is sometimes said to have become a nun before her death.^[8]

References

• H. Bresslau, Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Konrad II., 2 vols. (1884), accessible online at: archive.org
• C.W. Previté-Orton, The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) (Cambridge, 1912), accessible online at: archive.org
• S. Hellmann, Die Grafen von Savoyen und das Reich: bis zum Ende der staufischen Periode (Innsbruck, 1900), accessible online (but without page numbers) at: Genealogie Mittelalter
• L. Fenske, Adelsopposition und kirchliche Reformbewegung im östlichen Sachsen. Entstehung und Wirkung des sächsischen Widerstandes gegen das salische Königtum während des Investiturstreites (1977).

External links

• Epistolae: Medieval Women's Latin Letters: Immilla of Turin (brief biography and English translation of a legal document issued by Immilla)
• Medieval Lands Project: Northern Italy, 900–1100.
• Irmgard von Turin, Gräfin von Braunschweig, Markgräfin von Schweinfurt (in German)

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