Adelheid of Vohburg (1122 - 1190) was the first Queen consort of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned
Family
Adelheid was a daughter of Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg (d. Diepold III Margrave of Vohburg (c 1079-1146 also know as Diepold von Vohburg and Diepold III von Giengen was a Bavarian noble in the 12th Century 1146) and his second wife Kunigunde of Beichlingen.
Her paternal grandparents were Diepold II, Count of Cham (d. 1078) and Liutgarde of Zähringen. Zähringen is the name of an old and influential German noble family taken from the castle and village of that name Diepold II was also Margrave of Nordgau. Her maternal grandparents were Kuno, Count of Beichlingen and Kunigunde of Weimar.
Diepold II was a younger son of Diepold I, Count of Cham and his unnamed wife. Liutgarde was a daughter of Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia and his first wife Richwara. Berthold I (born around 1000 died November 6, 1078 in Weilheim an der Teck) was an ancestor of the House of Baden, in addition to being Duke Kuno was a younger son of Otto of Nordheim and Richenza of Swabia. Otto of Northeim (German Otto von Northeim Duke of Bavaria (born about 1020 died 11 January 1083) belonged to the rich and influential Saxon family Kunigunde of Weimar was a daughter of Otto of Weimar, Margrave of Meissen and his wife Adela of Louvain. The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the Holy Roman Empire.
Diepold I was a son of Ratpoto II, Count of Cham. Richenza was a daughter of Otto II, Duke of Swabia and Matilda von Egisheim. Otto II (died 1047 was Count Palatine of Lotharingia (1034 &ndash 1045 then Duke of Swabia (1045 &ndash 1047 and all the while Count in Deutz and Otto of Weimar was a son of Wilhelm III, Count of Weimar and his second wife Oda of Ostmark. The March or Margraviate of Austria was created in 976 out of the territory that probably formed the earlier March of Pannonia. Adela was a daughter of Lambert II of Leuven and his wife Uda of Lotharingia. --> Lotharingia or Lorraine was a short-lived kingdom in
Ratpoto II was a son of Ratpoto I, Count of Cham. Matilda was a daughter of Hugo VI, Count of Nordgau and Egisheim by his wife Heilwig of Dagsburg. She was also a sister of Pope Leo IX. Pope Wilhelm III was a son of Wilhelm II, Count of Weimar (d. 1003), Margrave of Thuringia. This is a list of the rulers of Thuringia, an historical and political region of Central Germany.
Ratpoto I is lnown for donating property to the church of Salzurg in 977. His donations were confirmed by a charter of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, dated on 7 October 984. Otto III (980 &ndash January 23, 1002) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Events By Place Asia Emperor Kazan succeeds Emperor En'yū on the throne of Japan. He is considered the founder of a local dynasty, the Ratpotonen. Hugo VI was a son of Hugo V, Count of Nordgau. Heilwig was a daughter of Ludwig of Dagsburg. Wilhelm II was a son of Wilhelm I, Count of Weimar (d. 963) whose further ancestry is not known with certainty. There have been several contradictory theories on the subject.
Hugo V was a son of Eberhard IV, Count of Nordgau and Liutgarde of Bidgau.
Eberhard IV was a son of Hugo III, Count of Nordgau and his wife Hildegard. Liutgarde was a daughter of Wigerich III, Count of Ardennes and Cunegundis.
Hugo III was a son of Eberhard III, Count of Nordgau. Uncertain relation to his predecessors. Cunegundis was a daughter of Ermentrude.
Ermentrude was reportedly a daughter of Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Louis the Stammerer ( November 1, 846 — April 10, 879; Louis le Bègue) was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Adélaïde de Paris, also called Adelaide of Friuli (Adélaïde de Frioul or Aélis (c
Marriages
In Eger before 2 March 1147, Adelheid married Frederick of Swabia, son and heir of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia and his wife Judith of Bavaria
One month later, on 6 April, her father-in-law died. Eger is also the German name for the Czech town of Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Frederick I Barbarossa (1122 &ndash 10 June 1190) was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned Frederick II (1090 &ndash 6 April 1147) called the One-Eyed, was the second Hohenstaufen Duke of Swabia from 1105 For the second wife of Louis the Pious, see Judith daughter of Welf Judith (b Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Frederick became Frederick III, Duke of Swabia and Adelheid became his Duchess.
Frederick also managed to be elected as the successor of his paternal great-uncle Conrad III of Germany. Conrad III (1093 &ndash 15 February 1152) was the first King of Germany of the Hohenstaufen dynasty He was crowned King of Germany on 4 March 1152. This article lists the German monarchs, ruling over the territory of Germany from the creation of a separate Eastern Frankish Kingdom in 843 until the end of monarchy Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Adelheid became his Queen consort. However she remained childless and Frederick petitioned Pope Eugene III for an annulment. Pope
The annulment was granted and confirmed in the city of Konstanz on March 1153. Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake Constance The justification was given on grounds of consanguinity but this was a somewhat exaggerated application of the concept. Consanguinity (" con- (with sanguine (blood -ity" refers to the property of being from the same Lineage as another person One of the great-great-grandfathers of Frederick was reportedly a brother to one of her great-great-great-grandmothers. Which is not considered a particularly close blood relation.
No longer a Queen, Adelheid proceeded to marry Dietho of Ravensburg, welfische Ministerialer. Dietho died in 1180 or shortly before. Adelheid survive him and died between 1184-1190.
| Preceded by Gertrude von Sulzbach |
German Queen 1152–1153 |
Succeeded by Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy |
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