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Judith von Schwaben
- Preferred Name: Judith von Schwaben[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
- Alternate Name: von Bayern
- Alternate Name: Judith Countess Of Rotenburg
- Gender: F
- Alt.+Death+Date: 27 AUG 1130 with note: Survived the merge.
- Birth: 19 MAY 1100 in Bavaria, Germany at LATI: N9 LONG: E1.5
- Burial: AFT 20 FEB 1131 in Lorch, Erzbistum Mainz, Holy Roman Empire at LATI: N0.0461 LONG: E0.8042
- Death: 22 FEB 1125
- Christening: in Bavaria, Germany at LATI: N9 LONG: E1.5
- FSID: L8WY-4FQ
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (19 May 1100-27 Aug 1130) was a Duchess of Swabia by marriage to Frederick II, Duke of Swabia. She was the mother of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, known to history as "Barbarossa".
«b»Life«/b»
Judith was born 19 May 1100, the eldest daughter of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria and Wulfhilde of Saxony, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and Sophia of Hungary, and thereby a member of the powerful German House of Welf. She had three brothers Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad, and Welf; and three sisters, Sophia, Matilda, and Wulfhild. The Historia Welforum names in order Iuditham, Mahtildem, Sophium, and Wulfildem as the four daughters of Henricus dux ex Wulfilde. This is evidence that Judith was the eldest daughter. She had in addition to her seven legitimate siblings, one half-brother, Adalbert, born of her father's relationship with an unnamed mistress.
«b»Duchess of Swabia«/b»
On an unknown date between 1119 and 1121, she married as his first wife, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (1090-6 April 1147); this dynastic marriage united the House of Welf and the House of Hohenstaufen, the two most powerful and influential families in Germany. The Historia Welforum specified that Judith married Friderico Suevorum duci, but did not mention the date.
In 1125, her father initially supported the candidacy of her husband to succeed Emperor Henry V as King of Germany, however he eventually switched his support to Lothar III, Holy Roman Emperor. The defection of Judith's father created an enmity between the Welfs and the Swabians that would have far-reaching consequences in Germany which would last throughout the 12th century. It is not known how this affected relations between Judith and her husband. It is curious to note that no further children were born to the couple after the birth of their daughter Bertha in 1123.
She died on 27 Aug 1130 and was buried at Waldburg in Heiligen Forst, Alsace. Shortly after Judith's death Frederick married as his second wife, Agnes of Saarbrücken.
«b»Issue«/b»
She had two children:
1.) Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (1122-10 June 1190), married on 9 June 1156 Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, by whom he had 12 children.
2.) Bertha (Judith) of Swabia (1123-18 October 1194/25 March 1195), married in 1138 Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine, by whom she had seven children.
BIO
BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BAVARIA.htm#Judithdied11301131 as of 3/29/2016
JUDITH (after 1100-22 Feb [1130/31], bur Walburg im Heiligen Forst, Alsace). The Historia Welforum names (in
Preferred Parents:
Father: Henry von Bayern IX, b. 1075 in Bavaria, Bayern, Germany d. 13 DEC 1126 in Ravensburg, Württemberg, German Empire
Mother: Wulfhild von Sachsen, b. 1075 in Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany d. 29 DEC 1126 in Weingarten, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Family 1: Friedrich II. von Schwaben der Einäugige, b. 1090 in Hohenstaufen, Swaben, Bavaria d. 6 de abril de 1147 in Alzey, Hesse, Germany
- Friedrich I. der Staufer Barbarossa, b. dezembro de 1122 in Haguenau, Elsaß-Lothringen, Deutsches Reich d. 10 de junho de 1190 in Göksu, Silifke, Göksu, Anadolu, Türkiye
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria - birth-name: Judith of Bavaria
Author: media.type.Other, ron_custer.ged
Note: birth-name: Judith of Bavaria
birth: 1103; Bayern Lande, Germany
death:
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2037060890
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria Princess -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222795
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria - birth-name: Judith of Bavaria
Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
Note: birth-name: Judith of Bavaria
birth: 1103; Sachsen, Preussen, Germany
death: 22 February 1124; Hohenstaufen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3243985408
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria - birth: about 1103; Bayern Lande, Germany
Author: Ancestral File.LDS Church. Family History Library.
Note: birth: about 1103; Bayern Lande, Germany
death:
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2198868384
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3243695014
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith of Bavaria -
Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: GermanyXY, GermanyXX
Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria -
Author: Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2676700743
- Title: Wikiipedia: Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia
Author: Wikiipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Bavaria,_Duchess_of_Swabia;
Note: Information for Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Judith Bavaria Princess -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
- Title: Judith of Bavaria, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-VCN2 : 11 July 2020), Judith of Bavaria, 1131; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-VCN2;
Page: Burial record of Judith of Bavaria
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