Agnes of Germany

Agnes of Germany (1072 – September 24, 1143) was the daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Bertha of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were Otto, Count of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana and Adelaide, Marchioness of Turin and Susa.

Agnes married firstly, in 1089, Frederick I, Duke of Swabia. They had several children:

• Heilica (1088–1110), wife of Friedrich von Lengenfeld (died 1119)
• Bertha (1089–1120), wife of Adalbert von Elchingen, Count von Ravenstein (1075–1120)
• Frederick II of Swabia
• Hildegard
• Conrad III of Germany
• Gisela
• Henry (1096–1105)
• Beatrix (1098–1130)
• Kunigunde (1100–1120/1126), wife of Henry of Bavaria (1100–1139)
• Richilde wife of Hugh de Roucy
• Gertrude wife of Hermann von Stahleck

Following Frederick's death in 1105, Agnes married Leopold III (born 1073; died 15 Nov. 1136) the Margrave of Austria (1095 till 1136). Leopold was the son of Margrave Leopold II and Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg. According to legend, a veil lost by Agnes and found by Leopold years later while hunting instigated him to found the monastery of Klosterneuburg.

Their children were:

• Leopold IV
• Henry II Jasomirgott.
• Berta (d.9 Apr 1150), bur St Emmeran), m. Henry III, Burggraf of Regensburg (d.27 Nov , bur St Emmeran), and had issue.
• Agnes, m. 1125 Władysław II the Exile, High Duke of Poland. Agnes is said to have been "one of the most famous beauties of her time".
• Ernst.
• Uta (died 1154), wife of Liutpold von Plain.
• Otto of Freising, bishop and......
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