Rixa of Werle

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Mother Rikissa Birgersdotter		Name Rixa Werle Died November 26, 1317
Father Henry I, Prince of Mecklenburg-Gustrow Spouse Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (m. 1284) Children Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Gottingen Parents Henry I of Werle, Rikissa Birgersdotter Grandchildren Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Gottingen, Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg Grandparents Birger Jarl, Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, Nicholas I of Werle Similar People Birger Jarl, Margrete Skulesdatter, Haakon IV of Norway
Noble family House of Mecklenburg

Rixa of Werle (died 26 November 1317) was the only daughter of Lord Henry I of Werle and his wife Rikissa Birgersdotter. Rikissa was a daughter of Birger Magnusson of Bjälbo and his first wife Ingeborg.

Rixa of Werle married on 10 January 1284 with Duke Albert II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

They had 11 children:

Luther (died: c. 1334), joined the Teutonic Order

Bruno (died: 31 August 1303)

Adelaide (died: c. 1311), married John, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Maud (died: 1 January 1356)

Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born: 24 January 1292 – died: 30 August 1344)

Albert II (born: c. 1294 – died: 13 October 1359), bishop of Halberstadt

William (born: c. 1295 – died: 1318)

Henry III (born: c. 1296 – died: 6 February 1363), bishop of Hildesheim

Richenza (born: c. 1298 – died: 26 April 1317), abbess of Gandersheim Abbey

Magnus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (born: c. 1304 – died: July 1369)

Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen (born: c. 1305 – died: 24 April 1367)

References

Rixa of Werle Wikipedia

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