Richardis of Bavaria

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Mother Agnes of Loon		Name Richardis Bavaria
Father Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria Buried Church of Our Lady in Roermond Role Otto I, Duke of Bavaria's daughter Died December 7, 1231, Roermond, Netherlands Spouse Otto I, Count of Guelders (m. 1184–1207) Children Gerard III, Count of Guelders, Adelaide of Guelders Parents Otto I, Duke of Bavaria, Agnes of Loon Grandchildren Floris IV, Count of Holland, Otto I, Count of Nassau, Otto III van Holland, Otto II, Count of Guelders Grandparents Heilika of Pettendorf-Lengenfeld, Otto IV, Count of Scheyern, Louis I, Count of Loon
Noble family House of Wittelsbach

Richardis of Bavaria (1173 in Kelheim – 7 December 1231 in Roermond) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Count Palatine Otto I of Bavaria, who later became the first Wittelsbach Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Agnes of Loon.

Life

In 1186, she married Otto I. Together, they had the following children:

Henry of Guelders (d. 1198). He was betrothed in 1197 to Aleidis, a daughter of Dirk VII, Count of Holland. However, he died in 1198 before the wedding could take place.

Gerard III (1185–1229).

Adelaide (d. 1218), married William I, Count of Holland.

Otto (1193–1213), was Bishop of Utrecht as Otto I

Irmgard, married Adolph, Count of Altena and Mark, son of Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena and his wife Alveradis.

Margaret, married Lothar III, Count of Hochstadt

Mechtild, married Henry II, Count of Nassau.

After her husband died in 1207, she became abbess of the Cistercian abbey in Roermond. She died in Roermond in 1231, and was buried in the Church of Our Lady.

References

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