- Barbara Of Celje
Barbara of Celje or Barbara of Cilli was Holy Roman Empress. She received the sobriquet "Messalina of Germany". She was the daughter of Herman II, Count of Celje, and his wife Anna, Countess of Schaunberg (daughter of Heinrich VII, Count of Schaunberg). Herman II was the son of Herman I, Count of Celje and Princess Katarina Kotromanic of Bosnia, who was the older sister of Elisabeth of Bosnia (Kotromanic), the wife of Louis I of Hungary. - Hildegard Of Bingen
Selected English translations of Hildegard *Atherton, Mark, trans. "Hildegard of Bingen: Selected Writings". London: Penguin, 2001. *Baird, Joseph L. and Radd K. Ehrman, trans. "The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen". Vol. I. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. *—, trans. "The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen". Vol. II. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. *—, trans. "The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen". Vol. III. - Theophanu
Theophanu, also spelled Theophania, was born in Constantinople, and was the wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. - Adelaide Of Italy
Saint Adelaide (931 - 16 December 999) was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century. She was the daughter of Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Her first marriage, at the age of fifteen, was to the son of her father's rival in Italy, Lothair II, the nominal King of Italy; the union was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and Hugh of Provence, the father of Lothair. They had a daughter, Emma of Italy. - Anne Of Świdnica
Anne of Świdnica or Anne of Schweidnitz (1339 - 11 July 1362) was a Queen of Bohemia, a German Queen, and an Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. She was the third wife of Emperor Charles IV. Anne was the daughter of Duke Heinrich II of Świdnica and his wife, Katherine of Valois, the daughter of Charles I of Hungary. Her father died when she was four years old, and her childless uncle, Bolko II, Duke of Schweidnitz-Jauer, became her guardian. - Richardis
Saint Richardis (c. 840 - 18 September between 894 and 896) was the Holy Roman Empress of Charles the Fat. She was renowned for her piety. She was the daughter of the Erchanger, a count of the family of the Ahalolfinger. She married Charles in 862 and was crowned with him in Rome in 881. In 887, she was accused by her husband and his courtiers of adultery with Liutward, his arch-chancellor. She successfully underwent the ordeal by fire, but entered a monastery, … - Mary Of Burgundy
Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, called Mary the Rich (February 13, 1457 - March 27, 1482), Duchess of Burgundy, was the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon. Her mother died in 1465, but Mary was on very good terms with her step-mother Margaret of York, whom Charles married in 1468. - Bertha Of Savoy
Bertha of Savoy, also called Bertha of Turin (21 September 1051 - 27 December 1087 in Mainz) was the first wife of Emperor Henry IV, and was German Queen and Holy Roman Empress. She is buried in the cathedral of Speyer. She was a daughter of Otto of Savoy and Adelaide of Susa. Her maternal grandparents were Ulric Manfred II of Turin and Bertha of the Obertenghi As children, during the lifetime of Emperor Henry III, … - Empress Matilda
Empress Matilda (February 1101 - September 10, 1167; Saxon form Maud or Maude), also called Matilda, Countess of Anjou or Matilda, Lady of the English, was the daughter and dispossessed heir of King Henry I of England. She was married to Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, and then to Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, by whom she became the mother of Henry II of England. - Eupraxia Of Kiev
Eupraxia of Kiev (1071- 20 July, 1109) was the daughter of Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev and second wife of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. She was the sister of Vladimir Monomakh. Eupraxia was first married to Henry the Long, Markgraf of Nordmark. They had no children before his death in 1087. Eupraxia went to live in the convent of Quedlinburg, where she met Henry, who was then the Saxon king. - Matilda Of Ringelheim
Mathilda (c. 895 - March 14, 968) was the wife of Henry I, King of the East Franks and the first ruler of the Ottonian or Liudolfing dynasty. Their son, Otto, succeeded his father as King (and later Emperor) Otto I. Our knowledge of Mathilda's life comes largely from brief mentions in the "Res Gestae Saxonicae" ("Deeds of the Saxons") of the monastic historian Widukind of Corvey, … - Elizabeth Of Pomerania
Elizabeth of Pomerania was the fourth and final wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia. Her parents were Duke Bogislaw V of Hind Pomerania and Elisabeth of Poland. Her maternal grandparents were Casimir III, King of Poland and Aldona of Lithuania. The marriage of Charles and Elizabeth was held on 21 May, 1363 in the Polnish town of Krakow, only one year after the death of Charles' third wife Anne of Świdnica. - Elisabeth Of Nuremberg
Elisabeth, Burggravine of Nuremberg, was the daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and Elisabeth of Meissen. She was a member of the House of Hohenzollern. She was born in 1358, and on 27 June 1374 married Rupert, then heir to the Elector Palatine, Rupert II. Elisabeth became Electress Palatine when Rupert succeeded to his father's estate 6 January 1398, and Queen of the Romans when Rupert was elected King of the Romans on 21 August 1400. - Matilda Of England
Matilda of England (1156 - July 13, 1189), also known as Maud, was the eldest daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Matilda was a younger maternal half-sister of Marie de Champagne and Alix of France. She was a younger sister of William, Count of Poitiers and Henry the Young King. She was also an older sister of Richard I of England, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, Leonora of Aquitaine, Joan of England and John of England. - Gisela Of Swabia
Gisela of Swabia (November 11, 995-February 14, 1043) was the daughter of Herman II of Swabia and Gerberga of Burgundy. She first married Ernest I and became regent for their son Ernest II after his death in 1015. She was then removed from the regency on grounds of her being too closely related to her late husband. Her second marriage was to Bruno of Braunschweig, who died soon after. - Hrosvit
Hrosvit, also known as Hroswitha, Hrotsvit, Roswitha, and Hroswitha of Gandersheim, (c. 935 to c. 1002) was a Monastic Christian poet who lived and worked in Gandersheim, located in present-day Lower Saxony. She wrote in Latin, and is considered by some to be the first person since antiquity to compose drama. - Richenza Of Northeim
Richenza of Northeim was a member of the dynasty of the Counts of Northeim, and a German Empress. She was the daughter of Henry the Fat of Northeim (d. 1101) and Gertrud of Brunswick of the Brunonen dynasty. Around 1100 Richenza married Lothar von Süpplingenburg, Duke of Saxony and future Holy Roman Emperor. Their daughter, Gertrud of Süpplingenburg was born in 1115; she later married Henry the Proud, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1139). - Gunhilda Of Denmark
Gunhilda of Denmark (c. 1020 - 18 July, 1038) was the first wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. - Isabel Of Aragon
Isabel of Aragon (1305 - 12 July, 1330) was the Queen consort of Frederick I of Austria, King of Germany. - Adelaide, Abbess Of Vilich
Adelaide, Abbess of Villich (Adelheid of Willich) (c. 970-February 5 O.S., 1015) was a daughter of Megingoz des Brunharingen, Count of Guelders, and Gerberga of Metzgau, a granddaughter of Charles the Simple, king of the West Franks. When still very young she entered the convent of St Ursula, Our Lady of the Capitol, founded by her parents in Cologne, where the Rule of St Jerome was followed. About 980, her parents founded the convent of Villich, … - Blanche Of Valois
Blanche of Valois (1316 - 1 August, 1348) was the first wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. - Margaret Of Thuringia
Margarethe of Saxony (born 1449 in Weimar, died 13 July 1501 in Spandau) was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Wilhelm "der Tapfere" and Anna von Hapsburg. - Gertrude The Great
Gertrude the Great (January 6 1256-November 17 1301) was a German Benedictine and mystic writer. Gertrude was born January 6 1256, in Eisleben, Thuringia, Holy Roman Empire). Nothing is known of her parents, so she was probably an orphan. As a young girl, she joined the Benedictine monastery in Helfta, under the direction of its abbess, Gertrude of Hackeborn. (In later years the monastery was mislabeled as a Cistercian monastery.) She dedicated herself to her studies, … - Margaret Of Brabant
Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276-14 December 1311, Genoa), was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Count Henry of Luxemburg and after his coronation 1308, Queen of Germany. She was married to Henry in 1292 in the context of a peace agreement (due to the enmity, which resulted after the battle of Worringen) between the two houses. She bore in the marriage, which ran according to all reports lucky, a son, … - Anna Of Bavaria
Anna of Bavaria (or of the Palatinate) was the daughter of Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine, and of Anna, daughter of Otto II, Duke of Carinthia. She was born on 26 September, 1329. She was a member of the House of Wittelsbach. On 4 March, 1349 she married Charles, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans (with opposition). After Charles' second election on 17 June, 1349, she became Queen of the Romans without opposition. - Cunigunde Of Luxembourg
Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg was the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II. She is the patroness of Luxembourg, Lithuania and Poland; her feastday is March 3. Her parents were Siegfried I of Luxembourg (922 – August 15, 998) and Hedwig of Nordgau (c. 935 – 992). She was a seventh generation descendant of Charlemagne. Her marriage to Henry was a spiritual one, that is, … - Beatrix von Silesia-Glogau
Beatrix von Silesia-Glogau (c. 1292 - 24 August, 1322) was the first wife of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. - Judith Of Bavaria
Judith (b. 925; d. June 29 soon after 985), was Duchess of Bavaria. She was the eldest daughter of Arnulf the Bad of Bavaria and Judith of Friuli. She was the wife of Henry I of Bavaria, and through this marriage the Duchy of Bavaria entered the growing Kingdom of Germany. Their son was Henry the Wrangler for whom she acted as regent after Henry's death in 955. She has made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and afterwards retired to a convent. - Gerberga Of Saxony
Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913-5 May, 984) was a daughter of Henry the Fowler, king of Germany, and Matilda of Ringelheim. She married first Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. They had four children: *Gerberge of Lorraine b. about 925. Married Adalbert I of Vermandois. *Alberade of Lorraine b. about 930. *Henri, Duke of Lorraine b. about 932 *Wiltrude, Duchess of Bavaria b. about 937. Married Berthold, Duke of Bavaria. She married secondly Louis IV of France in 939. - Agnes de Poitou
Agnes of Poitou or Empress Agnes (c. 1025-December 14, 1077) was regent of the Holy Roman Empire from 1056 to 1062. - Agnes Of Germany
Agnes of Germany (1072 - September 24, 1143), was the daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Bertha of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were Otto, Count of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana and Adelaide, Marchioness of Turin and Susa. Agnes married firstly, in 1089, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia. They had several sons and daughters, amongst whom were Frederick II of Swabia (1090 - 1147) (the father of Frederick Barbarossa) and Conrad III of Germany (1093 - 1152). - Elisabeth Of Tirol
Elisabeth de Gorizia de Tirol de Carantania (c. 1262 - 28 October 1312) was Queen consort of the Holy Roman Empire and Duchess of Austria, etc. - Gertrude Of Hohenburg
Gertrude of Hohenburg (c. 1225-16 February, 1281, Vienna) was the first Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany. - Cunigunde Of Swabia
Cunigunde of Swabia (born c.880) was the wife and Queen of Conrad, King of East Francia. She was a member of the Ahalolfinger Dynasty. Very little is known of her. She was the daughter of Berthold I, Count Palatine of Swabia, and of Gisela. Her maternal grandparents were Louis the German and Hemma. Her brother was Erchanger, Duke of Swabia. She married first Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria. Her sons by him were Arnulf the Bad, Duke of Bavaria, and Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria. - Liutgard
Liutgard of Saxony (c. 845-17 November, 885) was the wife and Queen of Louis the Younger, the Frankish King of Saxony and East Francia. She was born between 840 and 850, the daughter of Liudolf, Duke of the Eastern Saxons (b. 805-820, d. 12 March 866), and of Oda Billung (b. 805-806, d.17 May 913). Her paternal grandparents were Bruno, Count of Saxony and Lord of Herzfeld (c. 786-before 844), and Oda (born c. 788). - Margareta Ebner
Margaretha Ebner was a German mystic and visionary. Born of rich parents at Donauwörth, in 1291, she received a thorough classical education in her home, and later entered the Dominican order convent at Maria-Medingen near Dillingen, where she was received in 1306. From 1312 she was dangerously ill for three years; subsequently, for a period of nearly seven years, she was most of the time at the point of death. - Mechthild Of Magdeburg
Mechthild of Magdeburg was a medieval mystic, a Beguine, and a Cistercian nun, whose book "Das fließende Licht der Gottheit" ('The Flowing Light of the Godhead') described her supposed visions of God. Definite biographical information about Mechthild is scarce; what is known of her life comes largely from scattered hints in her work. She was probably born to a noble Saxon family, and claimed to have had her first vision of the Holy Spirit at the age of 12. - Eleanor Of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress
Eleanor of Portugal (pron. ; English: "Eleanor"), was a Princess of Portugal, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Leonor of Aragon. Leonor was born in Torres Vedras on September 18 1434. On 16 March 1452 she married the German King Frederick III and the two were crowned Holy Roman Emperor and Empress three days later, on 19 March 1452. Her dowry was used by her husband to alleviate his financial problems. - Agnes Bernauer
Agnes Bernauer ("c." 1410 - October 12, 1435) was the commoner wife of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. His father ordered her to be killed. The story has since been immortalized in folk songs and in literature. - Imagina Of Isenburg-Limburg
Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg (d. 29 September, 1313?) was the Queen consort of Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of Germany.
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