Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen

Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen

Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1202 – 13 September, 1248) was the second daughter of Philip, Duke of Swabia and his wife, Irene Angelina. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm#Philippdied1208 Profile of Philip of Swabia and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]

Family

Her paternal grandparents were Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm#FriedrichIGermanydied1190B Profile of Frederick I and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] Her maternal grandparents were Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine Emperor and his first wife Herina. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BYZANTIUM%2010571204.htm#IsaakiosIIdied1204 Profile of Isaac II and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]

She and her three sisters were orphaned in 1208; that year, her father was murdered, and a few months later her mother died following the birth of a fifth daughter, who did not live either. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm#Philippdied1208 Profile of Philip of Swabia and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ]

Marriage and children

In 1228, Kunigunde married Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm#KuningudeMWenzelLuxembourgdied1253 Profile of Kunigunde in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] He was the eldest surviving son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BOHEMIA.htm#WenzelIdied1253B Profile of Wenceslaus I and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] Constance was a daughter of Béla III of Hungary and Agnes of Antioch. [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HUNGARY.htm#BelaIIIB Profile of Bela III and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] In 1230, Wenceslaus succeeded his father, with Kunigunde as his Queen consort. They had five children [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BOHEMIA.htm#WenzelIdied1253B Profile of Wenceslaus I and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley] ] :

*Vladislaus, Margrave of Moravia (c. 1228 - 3 January, 1247).
*Ottokar II of Bohemia (c. 1230 - 26 August, 1278).
*Beatrix of Bohemia (c. 1231 - 27 May, 1290).. Married Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg.
*Agnes of Bohemia (d. 10 August, 1268). Married Henry III, Margrave of Meissen.
*An unnamed daughter. Died young.

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