Otto IV

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Pfalzgraf von Bayern.

Family/Spouse: Benedikta. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes of Bavaria

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Palatine of Bavaria.

Otto married Heilika von Lengenfeld. Heilika (daughter of Freidrich III von Pettendorf and Heilika of Swabia) died on 14 Sep 1170. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Scheyern and of the Dachau.

Otto married (Unknown) von Ratzenhofen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Freidrich married Heilika of Swabia. Heilika (daughter of Frederick I of Swabia and Agnes of Germany) was born in 1087; died after 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Hadewig, etc.

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Count of Scheyern.

Ekkehart married Richgardis von Krain. Richgardis (daughter of Ulrich von Krain and Sophia of Hungary) died about 1128. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eberghard married Mathilde von Reipertshofen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Veltheim.

Ruotger married (Unknown) von Burglengenfeld. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duke of Swabia from 1079 to his death, the first ruler from the House of Hohenstaufen.

Frederick married Agnes of Germany about 1086. Agnes (daughter of Heinrich IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Bertha of Turin) was born in 1073; died on 24 Sep 1143; was buried in Klosterneuberg, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Agnes of Waiblingen; Agnes von Franken.

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Margrave of Krain and Istrien.

Ulrich married Sophia of Hungary between 1062 and 1063. Sophia (daughter of Béla I, King of Hungary and Adelaide of Poland) was born about 1050; died on 18 Jun 1095. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Friedrich married Sigena. Sigena (daughter of Goswin) died between 1110 and 1123. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1068

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Count in the Riesgau and Swabian Count Palatine. "He is generally seen as the ancestor of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, also called the Staufer dynasty, which ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1138 to 1208 and from 1212 to 1254." [Leo van de Pas]

Frederick married Hildegard of Egisheim-Dagsburg about 1042. Hildegard (daughter of Gerhard I) was born about 1028; died about 1095. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Hildegard von Schlettstadt. "Her naming as 'von Schlettstadt' arises from her foundation between 1087 and 1094 of the abbey of St. Fides (Sainte Foy) in Schlettstadt, the oldest burial place of the Hohenstaufen in Alsace, where she was probably buried." [Leo van de Pas]

Also from LVDP: "Her parentage is not established with certainty, but according to recent researches she was probably the daughter of Graf Gerhard III von Egisheim-Dagsburg. [...] The brother of her probable father was Bishop Bruno of Toul, the later Pope Leo IX." This is a bit confusing, since according to both van de Pas's own site and German-language Wikipedia, the Gerhard who was brother to Leo IX was Gerhard I, not III, but quite possibly he was both a I and a III depending on which of several titles or dignities one is counting.

Heinrich married Bertha of Turin on 13 Jul 1066. Bertha (daughter of Otto I of Savoy and Adelaide of Susa) was born in 1051; died on 27 Dec 1087 in Mainz, Hessen, Germany; was buried in Speyer Cathedral, Speyer, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Bertha of Maurienne, Berta de Savoie.

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Count of Weimar. Margrave in Krain.

Poppo married Hadamut of Istrien. Hadamut (daughter of Weriand and Willibirg of Krain) died after 1040. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Leo van de Pas:

Béla was born about 1016, the third son of Vazul (Basil) 'the Blind' of Hungary, and younger brother of András I, who was crowned king after the Vatha pagan rising.

In 1048 András conferred on Béla one third of Hungary as appanage ('Tercia pars Regni'), making him Duke of the Nitrian Frontier duchy, with Nitra its capital, and which included the southern Slovakian Nitrian principality and the north-eastern historic Hungarian Bihar region (not identical to the later Bihar).

The two brothers shared power without incident until 1053, when András fathered a son Salomon. Thereafter András became determined to secure the throne for his son and to displace his brother. András therefore had Salomon, Béla's nephew, crowned future king in 1057. According to legend, András placed before Béla a crown and a sword, representing royal and ducal power, respectively, and asked Béla to take his choice. Knowing that choosing the crown would mean his life, Béla instead selected the sword. In 1059 Béla fled to Poland where he was received by his brother-in-law Kazimierz I Karol, king of Poland, brother of Béla's wife Richeza. Béla and Richeza had eight children, of whom five would have progeny, and two, Geisa I and Lászlo I, would be kings of Hungary.

In 1060 Béla returned to Hungary and defeated András I to become the new king. After András' death, Béla was crowned king on 6 December 1060. During his brief reign he concerned himself with crushing pagan revolts in his kingdom. In 1063 Béla died in an accident when his throne's canopy collapsed. After his death the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV installed András I's son Salomon as the new king, and Belá's sons had to flee to Poland again.

Béla married Adelaide of Poland between 1039 and 1043. Adelaide (daughter of Mieszko II Lambert, King Of Poland and Richeza of Lotharingia) was born on 22 Sep 1013; died after 1051. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 21 May 1075

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Traditionally called Richeza, but contemporary sources suggest that her actual name was a form of Adelaide.

There appears to be uncertainty as to whether she was actually a daughter of Mieszko II, King of Poland, and Richeza of Lotharingia.

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Count of Gross-Leinungen.

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Count of Riesgau.

Frederick married Adelheid of Filsgau. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Egisheim-Dabo. Brother of Pope Leo IX. Died in battle.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 28 Oct 1017

Heinrich married Agnes of Poitou on 21 Nov 1043. Agnes (daughter of William III of Poitou and Agnes of Burgundy) was born about 1025; died on 14 Dec 1077 in Rome. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Agnes of Aquitaine.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1060

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Count of Maurienne (Savoy) and Chablis. Margrave of Susa. Margrave of Turin.

Otto married Adelaide of Susa about 1046. Adelaide (daughter of Olderich II Manfredo and Berta of Este) was born about 1015; died on 27 Dec 1091 in Canischio, Turino, Piedmont, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Alix.

Marchioness (Duchess) of Turin. Kick-ass eleventh-century woman who took no crap from anybody, evidently.

From Wikipedia:

Since the margravial title primarily had a military purpose at the time, it was thus was not considered suitable for a woman. Emperor Conrad II therefore arranged a marriage between Adelaide and his stepson, Herman IV, in January 1037. Herman was then invested as margrave of Turin. Herman died of the plague while fighting for Conrad II at Naples in July 1038.

Adelaide remarried in order to secure her vast march. Probably in 1041, and certainly before 19 January 1042, Adelaide married Henry, Marquess of Montferrat. Henry died c. 1045 and left Adelaide a widow for the second time. Immediately, a third marriage was undertaken, this time to Otto of Savoy (1046). With Otto she had three sons, Peter I, Amadeus II, and Otto. The couple also had two daughters, Bertha, who married Henry IV of Germany, and Adelaide, who married Rudolf of Rheinfelden (who later opposed Henry as King of Germany). [...]

In 1070 Adelaide captured and burned the city of Asti, which had rebelled against her.

In 1069 Henry IV tried to repudiate Adelaide's daughter, Bertha, which caused Adelaide's relationship with the imperial family to cool. However, through the intervention of Bertha, Henry received Adelaide's support when he came to Italy to submit to Pope Gregory VII and Matilda of Tuscany at Canossa. In return for allowing him to travel through her lands, Henry gave Bugey to Adelaide. Adelaide and her son Amadeus then accompanied Henry IV and Bertha to Canossa, where Adelaide acted as an oath-helper, alongside Matilda and Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, among others. Bishop Benzo of Alba sent several letters to Adelaide between 1080 and 1082, encouraging her to support Henry IV in the Italian wars which formed part of the Investiture Controversy. Adelaide's dealings with Henry IV became closer after this. She offered to mediate between him and Matilda and Tuscany, and may even have joined him on campaign.

Adelaide made many donations to monasteries in the march of Turin. In 1064 she founded the monastery of Santa Maria at Pinerolo.

Adelaide received letters from many of the leading churchmen of the day, including Pope Alexander II, Peter Damian, and Pope Gregory VII. These letters indicate that Adelaide sometimes supported Gregorian reform, but that at other times she did not. Peter Damian (writing in 1064) and Gregory VII (writing in 1073), relied upon Adelaide to enforce clerical celibacy and protect the monasteries of Fruttuaria and San Michele della Chiusa. By contrast, Alexander II (writing c. 1066/7) reproached Adelaide for her dealings with Guido da Velate the simoniac Archbishop of Milan. [...]

Adelaide is a featured figure on Judy Chicago's installation piece The Dinner Party, being represented as one of the 999 names on the Heritage Floor.