Henry IX of Bavaria: NH genealogy

Nielsen Hayden genealogy

1074 - 1126 (52 years)

Generation: 1

Henry IX of Bavaria was born in 1074 (son of Welf I of Bavaria and Judith of Flanders); died on 13 Dec 1126 in Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate birth: 1075

Notes:

Duke of Bavaria. Called "The Black."

Henry married Wulfhilde of Saxony about 1100. Wulfhilde (daughter of Magnus of Saxony and Sophia of Hungary) was born about 1075; died on 29 Dec 1126 in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Matilda of Bavaria died on 16 Feb 1183.
Wulfhild von Bayern died after 8 May 1160.
Heinrich of Saxony was born about 1100; died on 20 Oct 1139.
Judith of Bavaria was born on 19 May 1100; died after 22 Feb 1130; was buried in Waldburg, Heiligen Forst, Alsace.

Generation: 2

Welf I of Bavaria (son of Albert Azzo II and Kunigunde of Altdorf); died on 6 Nov 1101 in Paphos, Cyprus; was buried in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

Notes:

Duke of Bavaria. Died while returning from the Crusade of 1101. In the elder house of Welf he is enumerated as Welf IV.

Welf married Judith of Flanders in 1071. Judith (daughter of Baldwin IV "The Bearded" and (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy)) was born about 1033; died on 5 Mar 1094 in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith of Flanders was born about 1033 (daughter of Baldwin IV "The Bearded" and (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy)); died on 5 Mar 1094 in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

Notes:

Countess of Northumbria; later Duchess of Bavaria.

Given in Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., as a daughter of Richard III, Duke of Normandy, and Adele of France, but Stewart Baldwin's overview of the evidence at The Henry Project demonstrates that she was almost certainly a daughter of Baldwin IV's second marriage to an unknown sister of Richard's.

Children:

1. Henry IX of Bavaria was born in 1074; died on 13 Dec 1126 in Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

Generation: 3

Albert Azzo II was born in 997 (son of Albert Azzo I and Adelaide); died on 20 Aug 1097.

Notes:

Margrave of Milan and Liguria, Count of Gavello and Padua, Rovigo, Lunigiana, Monselice, and Montagnana. Also called Albertezzo.

Albert married Kunigunde of Altdorf about 1035. Kunigunde (daughter of Welf II and Imiza of Luxembourg) was born about 1020; died before 31 Mar 1055. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kunigunde of Altdorf was born about 1020 (daughter of Welf II and Imiza of Luxembourg); died before 31 Mar 1055.

Notes:

Also called Kunizza, Chuniza. Link between the House of Welf (including its descendants the dukes of Brunswick, the electors and kings of Hanover, and the kings of Great Britain), and the elder Welfs. See this.

Children:

2. Welf I of Bavaria died on 6 Nov 1101 in Paphos, Cyprus; was buried in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

Baldwin IV "The Bearded" was born in 980 (son of Arnulf II "The Young" and Rozala of Italy, Queen Consort of France); died on 29 May 1035; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate birth: Between 980 and 985
Alternate death: 30 May 1035
Alternate death: 1037

Notes:

Count of Valenciennes 1007. Count/Marquess of Flanders 987/988-1035.

Also called Baudouin IV le Barbu, Balduinus Barbatus.

Excommunicated in 987 for having abandoned his wife.

Baldwin married (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy) after Feb 1030. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

(Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy) (daughter of Richard II and Judith of Brittany).

Children:

3. Judith of Flanders was born about 1033; died on 5 Mar 1094 in Weingarten Abbey, Ravensburg, Upper Swabia, Germany.

Generation: 4

8.	Albert Azzo I was born about 970 (son of Oberto Obizzo II of Este and Railende du Como); died in 1029. Notes: Margrave of Milan. Also called Albert Atto. Albert married Adelaide. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

9.
Adelaide
Children:

4. Albert Azzo II was born in 997; died on 20 Aug 1097.

10.

Welf II (son of Rudolf II and Ita von Öhningen); died on 10 Mar 1030.

Notes:

Count of Altdorf and Swabia. "Rudolf's son Welf II (d. 1030) built the castle of Ravensburg above Altdorf and married Imiza of Luxembourg, a niece of Emperor Henry II's wife, Kunigunde." [Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth, citation details below.]

From Wikipedia:

Welf opposed the election of the Salian count Conrad II as King of the Romans in 1024 because it did not suit his interests, but he had to eventually relent. The next year he joined a rebellion launched by the Babenberg duke Ernest II of Swabia, but finally submitted in 1027.

In the 1020s, Welf feuded with the Augsburg and Freising bishops; he pillaged the treasury of Bishop Bruno of Augsburg, and sacked the city of Augsburg.

Welf married Imiza of Luxembourg about 1017. Imiza (daughter of Frederick I of Luxembourg and (Unknown daughter of Heribert I)) was born about 1000; died after 2 Aug 1055. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Imiza of Luxembourg was born about 1000 (daughter of Frederick I of Luxembourg and (Unknown daughter of Heribert I)); died after 2 Aug 1055.

Notes:

Also called Irmentrude, Ermentrude, Irmtrud.

Children:

5. Kunigunde of Altdorf was born about 1020; died before 31 Mar 1055.

12.

Arnulf II "The Young" (son of Baldwin III and Mathilde of Saxony); died on 30 Mar 987; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate death: Between 23 and 30 Mar 988
Alternate death: 23 Mar 988
Alternate death: 30 Mar 988

Notes:

Marquess of Flanders 964/965-987/988; Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin.

Arnulf married Rozala of Italy, Queen Consort of France in 968. Rozala (daughter of Berengario II, King of Italy and Willa of Arles) was born between 945 and 955; died on 13 Dec 1003; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

13.

Rozala of Italy, Queen Consort of France was born between 945 and 955 (daughter of Berengario II, King of Italy and Willa of Arles); died on 13 Dec 1003; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

Notes:

Also called Rozela; Susanna of Ivrea; Susanna of Italy.

Children:

6. Baldwin IV "The Bearded" was born in 980; died on 29 May 1035; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

14.

Richard II (son of Richard I, Leader of the Normans of Rouen and Gunnor); died on 23 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandy, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate death: 28 Aug 1026
Alternate death: 1027
Alternate death: 23 Aug 1027

Notes:

Duke of Normandy.

Richard married Judith of Brittany about 1000. Judith (daughter of Conan I "Le Tort" and Ermengarde of Anjou) was born in 982; died on 28 Jun 1017; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

15.

Judith of Brittany was born in 982 (daughter of Conan I "Le Tort" and Ermengarde of Anjou); died on 28 Jun 1017; was buried in Bernay Abbey, Bernay, Normandy, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

Alternate death: 16 Jun 1017

Notes:

Also called Judith de Rennes. Founded the abbey of Bernay, Normandy.

Children:

Adélaïde of Normandy died after 1074.
7. (Unknown daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy)
Richard III was born in 1001; died on 5 Aug 1027.
Robert I was born about 1004; died between 1 Jul 1035 and 3 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Asia Minor.