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Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia

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Noble family
  
House of Babenberg

Role
  
Duchess of Bohemia

Name
  
Gertrude Babenberg,

Mother
  
Agnes of Germany


Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia

Father
  
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria

Died
  
April 8, 1150, Prague, Czech Republic

Spouse
  
Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (m. 1140–1150)

Children
  
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia

Parents
  
Agnes of Germany, Leopold III, Margrave of Austria

Similar People
  
Vladislaus II - Duke of Bohemia, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Conrad III of Germany, Agnes of Germany, Otto of Freising

Grandchildren
  
Ludmilla of Bohemia

Gertrude of Babenberg (Czech: Gertruda Babenberská; c. 1118 – 8 April 1150), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1140 until her death, by her marriage to the Přemyslid duke Vladislaus II.

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Life

She was the daughter of Margrave Leopold III of Austria (died 1136) and his second wife, the Salian heiress Agnes of Waiblingen. Upon the death of her father, Gertrude's brother Leopold IV succeeded as Austrian margrave and in 1138 married the Přemyslid princess Maria of Bohemia, a cousin of her future husband.

Gertrude married Vladislaus II, eldest son of the late Duke Vladislaus I of Bohemia in 1140. Her husband had left the Duchy of Bohemia during the rule of his uncle, Duke Soběslav I, but was recalled by the local nobility after Soběslav's death. Through her mother, Gertrude was a half-sister of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III of Germany, thus a good catch for Vladislaus. At the time of the siege of Prague by his cousin Count Conrad II of Znojmo in 1142, she successfully defended Prague Castle with the help of her brother-in-law Děpold, while Vladislaus sought assistance from King Conrad III.

Gertrude participated in projects of her husband Vladislaus to found new religious institutions and due to her encouragement, the duke invited foreign religious orders to establish themselves in Bohemia. She gave birth to four children and died in 1150 at the age of 30 at her residence in Prague.

Issue

  • Frederick, Duke of Bohemia (Bedřich; d. 1189)
  • Svatopluk, married Odola, a daughter of King Géza II of Hungary
  • Adalbert III of Bohemia (Vojtĕch; 1145–1200), Archbishop of Salzburg
  • Agnes (Anežka; d. 1228), abbess of St George of Prague
  • Literature

  • ŽEMLIČKA, J. Čechy v době knížecí 1034–1198. Praha: NLN, 2002. 660 p. ISBN 80-7106-196-4.
  • References

    Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia Wikipedia