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Cunegonde d'Este (Welfen)

English (default): Cunegonde, German: Kunigunde, Italian: Cunegonda d'Este (Welfen), Cunizza di Altdorf
Also Known As: "Princess Kunigunde of /Altdorf/", "Kunigunde von Bayern", "Kunigunde von Lechrain"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Weingarten, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Death: August 31, 1057 (36-37)
Italy
Place of Burial: Vangadicendis, Italy
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Welf II, duke of Bavaria and Ermengarda di Lussemburgo
Wife of Alberto Azzo II, margrave of Milan & 1st of Este
Mother of Welf IV, duke of Bavaria
Sister of Duke Welf III of Carinthia and Herzog von Bayern Guelph III

Occupation: Dame, d'Altdorf
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About Cunegonde of Altdorf

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunigunde_von_Altdorf Kunigunde von Altdorf aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Kunigunda Azzo.jpg

Kunigunde von Altdorf, auch Chuniza, (* um 1020; † 31. August 1054) war die Stammmutter der jüngeren Welfen (Welfen-d’Este). Leben [Bearbeiten]

Sie war die einzige Tochter des Grafen Welf II. von Altdorf († 1030) und dessen Ehefrau Irmentrud (Irmengard, Imiza) († 1057), Tochter des Grafen Friedrich I. von Luxemburg († 1019) und Nichte der Kaiserin Kunigunde († 1033). Ihr Bruder war Welf III. von Kärnten († 1055), der letzte Welfe aus der älteren Linie.

Um 1035 wurde Kunigunde mit dem Markgrafen von Luni, Tortona und Mailand, Alberto Azzo II. d’Este, verheiratet. Er war der einzige Sohn des Markgrafen Alberto Azzo I. von Mailand und dessen Ehefrau Adele.

Aus der Ehe ging ein Sohn hervor, der 1055 nach dem Tod seines Onkels Welf III. als dessen Erbe die Welfen-Linie fortsetzte und 1070-1077 Herzog von Bayern war:

   Welf IV. (* um 1030/1040; † 9. November 1101 in Paphos auf Zypern)
   ∞ 106?−1070 Ethelinde von Northeim
   ∞ 1071 Judith von Flandern (1031−1094)

Weblinks [Bearbeiten]

   * http://www.mittelalter-genealogie.de/este_familie/adalbert_azzo_2_m...

Literatur [Bearbeiten]

   * Heinrich der Löwe, Insel-Verlag, ISBN 3-458-32622-7

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunigunde_of_Altdorf

Kunigunde of Altdorf (also known as Cunegonde or Chuniza; c. 1020 – 31 August 1054) was the ancestress of the younger House of Guelph, a cadet branch of the House of Este.

Life

She was the only daughter of Count Welf II of Altdorf (d. 1030) and his wife Ermengarde (d. 1057), daughter of Count Frederick of Luxembourg (d. 1019) and Irmentrud of Gleiberg. Kunigunde of Altdorf was a niece of the Empress Kunigunde (d. 1033). Her brother was Welf III (d. 1055), the last member of the Elder House of Welf.

Kunigunde married c. 1035 to Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, Luni, and Tortona. He was the only son of Albert Azzo I and his wife Adelaide. They had one son:

Welf IV, (between 1030 and 1040 – 9 November 1101 in Paphos. He was named after his uncle, Welf III. He was Duke of Bavaria from 1070 to 1077. He married twice: 

1.Ethelinde of Northeim (c. 1050 – after 1075), divorced in 1070 on the grounds of childlessness

2.in 1071 to Judith of Flanders

    Cunigunde von Bayern was born circa 1020. She was the daughter of Guelph II Herzog von Bayern and Judith de Luxemburg. She married Azo II d'Este, Marchese d'Este. She died before 1055, on a 31 March.
    She was also known as Kunigunde von Lechrain
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Cunegonde of Altdorf's Timeline

1020
1020
Weingarten, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1032
1032
Este, Veneto, Italy
1057
August 31, 1057
Age 37
Italy
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Vangadicendis, Italy