Rixa of Werle

• Preferred Name: Rixa of Werle
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: GVJY-TQ7
  
• Death: 26 NOV 1317
  
• Birth: ABT 1265
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Rixa of Werle (died 26 November 1317) was the only daughter of Lord Henry I of Werle and his wife Rikissa Birgersdotter. Rikissa was a daughter of Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo and his first wife Ingeborg.
  
  Rixa of Werle married on 10 January 1284 with Duke Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
  
  «b»They had 11 children:«/b»
  1.) Luther (died: c.? 1334), joined the Teutonic Order
  
  2.) Bruno (died: 31 August 1303)
  
  3.) Adelaide (died: c.?1311), married John, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
  
  4.) Maud (died: 1 January 1356)
  
  5.) Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born: 24 January 1292 - died: 30 August 1344)
  
  6.) Albert II (born: c.? 1294 - died: 13 October 1359), bishop of Halberstadt
  
  7.) William (born: c.? 1295 - died: 1318)
  
  8.) Henry III (born: c.? 1296 - died: 6 February 1363), bishop of Hildesheim
  
  9.) Richenza (born: c.? 1298 - died: 26 April 1317), abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
  
  10.) Magnus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (born: c.? 1304 - died: July 1369)
  
  11.) Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen (born: c.? 1305 - died: 24 April 1367)

1. Magnus I von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, b. 1304 in Göttingen, Hanover, Prussia, Germany     d. JUL 1369 in Göttingen, Hanover, Prussia, Germany