Agnes of Loon

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Noble family House of Loon Parents Louis I, Count of Loon Name Agnes Loon		Mother Agnes of Metz Father Louis I, Count of Loon
Died March 26, 1191, Tubingen, Germany Spouse Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (m. 1169) Children Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Richardis of Bavaria, Sophia of Wittelsbach Grandchildren Henry Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia Similar People Ludmilla of Bohemia, Henry Raspe - Landgrav, Louis IV - Landgrave of Thurin

Agnes of Loon (1150–1191), was a duchess consort of Bavaria, married to Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria. She was regent of Bavaria during the minority of her son, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, from 1183 to 1191. She was the daughter of Louis I, Count of Loon, and Agnes of Metz. Agnes was described as a forceful regent, who managed to secure the inheritance of her son.

Issue

Agnes and Otto had the following children:

Otto (1169–1181)

Sophia (1170–1238), married Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia (1155–1217),

Heilika I (b. 1171), married in 1184 to Hallgrave Dietrich of Wasserburg

Agnes (1172–1200), married Count Henry of Plain (d. 1190)

Richardis (1173–1231), married in 1186 to Count Otto I of Guelders and Zutphen

Louis I (1173–1231), married in 1204 to Ludmilla of Bohemia

Heilika II (b. 1176), married Count Adelbert III of Dillingen (d. 1214)

Elisabeth (b. 1178), married Count Berthold II of Vohburg (d. 1209)

Mechtild (1180–1231), married in 1209 to Count Rapoto II of Ortenburg (1164–1231).

References

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