Friedrich of Thuringia

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Landgrave of Thuringia. Count of Ziegenhain.

Friedrich married Liutgard von Ziegenhain before 1186. Liutgard (daughter of Gozmar III von Ziegenhain) died after 1207. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Judith von Ziegenhain died on 6 Oct 1220.

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Landgrave of Thuringia.

Ludwig married Jutta of Swabia. Jutta (daughter of Frederick II von Hohenstaufen and Agnes von Saarbrücken) was born about 1133; died on 7 Jul 1191. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Landgrave of Thuringia.

Ludwig married Hedwig von Gudensberg. Hedwig (daughter of Giso and Kunigunde von Bilstein) died in 1148. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 6 Apr 1147, Alzey, Germany

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Called Frederick the One-eyed. Duke of Swabia from 1105 to his death, second of the Hohenstaufen dynasty.

Frederick married Agnes von Saarbrücken between 1131 and 1135. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called "der Salier," the Leaper. Count of Thuringia.

Ludwig married Adelheid von Stade on 5 Feb 1088. Adelheid (daughter of Lothar-Udo III and Oda von Werl) was born about 1065; died on 18 Oct 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 17 Nov 1110

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Count of Gudensberg.

Giso married Kunigunde von Bilstein between 1096 and 1099. Kunigunde (daughter of Rugger II and (Unknown) von Gudensberg) died between 1130 and 1138. [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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Count of Saarbrücken.

Friedrich married Gisela of Lorraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count in Thuringia. Founder of the Ludowinger, the dynasty of landgraves in medieval Thüringen and Hessen.

Ludwig married Cacelie von Sangerhausen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Said to have been a granddaughter of Gisela, wife of Emperor Konrad II.

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Count of Stade. Margrave of Nordmark.

Lothar-Udo married Oda von Werl. Oda (daughter of Hermann III and Richenza) was born about 1050; died on 13 Jan 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giso married Mechtild. Mechtild died on 4 Nov 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Bilstein.

Rugger married (Unknown) von Gudensberg. [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 in the Saargau.

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Count of Stade. Margrave of Nordmark.

Lothar-Udo married Adelheid von Rheinfelden. Adelheid died after 7 Dec 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count of Werl.

Hermann married Richenza. Richenza died before 11 Jan 1083. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Often called Richenza of Swabia, based on the idea that she was a daughter of Otto II of Swabia. This is now seen as unlikely.

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Count of Gudensberg.

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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.