(Unknown earlier wife of Adelbert of Babenberg)

Notes:

She may possibly have been named Mathilde.

In 1988 Charles F. H. Evans (citation details below) showed that Ernst von Babenberg is unlikely to have been a son of his father's last wife, Froiza Orseolo, sister of Hungarian king Peter Orseolo and a descendant of the Orseolo and Candiano doges of Venice, as claimed by W. H. Turton and G. Andrews Moriarty. Relying on the work of German historian Karl Lechner, Evans said Ernst was a son of his father's earlier marriage to Glismod, claimed by some to have been a Carolingian descendant.

On 27 Mar 2018 Peter Stewart (citation details below) wrote: "This supposed connection of Glismod (a sister of bishop Meinwerk of Paderborn) to the Babenburgs has been debunked—it was suggested by Karl Lechner in 1963 based on a bit of vague evidence and rationalising away contradictory evidence. There is no Glismod in the appropriate Babenburg tomb at Melk, and no mention of her anywhere that would even slightly support that had been a wife of Adalbert of Austria. His marriages are not certain—by September 1041 at the latest he was married to king Peter Orseolo's sister Froiza/Frowila, who was subsequently named as his widow. She may have been the mother of Ernst, but it is usually thought that this was a prior wife whose name may have been Mathilde (variously proposed, without firm evidence, as daughter of Ratpoto count of Cham or of Udalirch count in the Schweinachgau)."

Family/Spouse: Adalbert von Babenberg. Adalbert (son of Leopold von Babenberg and Richardis) was born about 980; died on 26 May 1053. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ernest von Babenberg died on 10 Jun 1075 in Homburg an der Unstrut, Langensalza, Thuringia.