- 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 andBeatrice 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 wereIsaac 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 ofOttokar I of Bohemia and his second wifeConstance 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 ofBéla III of Hungary andAgnes 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 hisQueen 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 ). MarriedHenry III, Margrave of Meissen .
*An unnamed daughter. Died young.References
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