- Salomea of Berg
Salomea of Berg ( _pl. Salomea z Bergu, Salomea Bergska, _de. Salome von Berg-Schelklingen) (b. 1093/
1101 -27 July 1144 ) was a German countess and Polish princess. Daughther of countHenry von Berg (ofBerg inSwabia ) andAdelajda of Mochental , in 1115, after negotiations led byOtto of Bamberg , she marriedHigh Duke of Poland ,Bolesław III Wrymouth .After Bolesław's death in 1138, she received the
Duchy of Łęczyca , as stipulated in Bolesław's last will. She died in her mansion inŁęczyca on 27 July 1144.Salomea had 14 children (six sons and eight daughters), of whom six sons and five daughters are known:
* Leszek (born 1115)
* Casimir (d. 1131)
*Bolesław IV the Curly (born c. 1122);*
Mieszko III the Old (born c. 1125);
* Henryk of Sandomierz (born 1127-1132);
* Casimir II the Just (born 1138);
*Rikissa of Poland (born 1116), who married firstlyMagnus the Strong , pretender of Sweden and Denmark; secondlyVolodar of Polatsk ,Prince of Minsk ; and thirdly kingSverker I of Sweden
*Dobronega of Poland (born before 1128), who marriedMarquis Dietrich of Niederlausitz ;
*Gertruda of Poland ;
* Judith of Poland (born 1130-1136), who marriedOtto I of Brandenburg ; and
*Agnes of Poland (born 1137), who marriedMstislav II Kyjevský .
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