- AKA: Adelaide of Vohburg
- 1147-1153: Duchess of Swabia
- 1152-1153: German queen
Adela de Vohburg was born 1122 in Eger, Hungary to Diepold III von Vohburg (1075-1146) and Adelaida von Polen (1090-1127) and died 1187 Weissenau Abbey, Swabia, Germany of unspecified causes. She married Friedrich I Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire (1122-1190) 1147 JL in Vohburg, Nardgau. She married Diego von Ravensburg (1149-1187) 1156 JL .
Adelaide of Vohburg was Duchess of Swabia from 1147 and from 1152 until 1153, as the first wife of the Hohenstaufen king Frederick Barbarossa, the later Holy Roman Emperor.
Life
Adelaide was a daughter of the Bavarian margrave Diepold III of Vohburg (c. 1079 – 1146), probably from his first marriage with Adelaide (Adelajda; c. 1091 – 1127), a daughter of the Polish duke Władysław I Herman and Judith of Swabia.[1][2][3] Since the days of Emperor Henry IV, her father's ancestors ruled over the Egerland territory in the Bavarian March of the Nordgau, which, however, was seized by King Conrad III of Germany upon the margrave's death in 1146.[4] To secure his hold on the Egerland, Conrad III married his nephew Frederick of Hohenstaufen to Diepold's daughter, Adelaide, before 2 March 1147 in the city of Eger.[5] Frederick had just returned from the Second Crusade; he succeeded his father Frederick the One-Eyed as Duke of Swabia one month later and added his wife's extended dowry to his estates.
Adelaide and Frederick's marriage was not successful, however. According to some later sources, this was because Adelaide committed adultery.[6][7][8] Adelaide rarely made public appearances and was not present for Frederick's election as the successor of his paternal uncle, Conrad III, on 4 March 1152, nor for his coronation as King of Germany at Aachen Cathedral five days later.
Adelaide was Frederick's queen consort, but the couple remained childless.[9] In 1153 Frederick petitioned Pope Eugene III for an annulment. The separation was granted and confirmed by the Bishop of Constance in March 1153; the justification given on grounds of consanguinity.[6] Frederick immediately began to court the Byzantine princess Maria Komnena, though to no avail.
No longer a queen, Adelaide, apparently unhampered by her former husband, soon after entered into a morganatic marriage with Dietho of Ravensburg, a ministerialis in the service of Duke Welf VI.[4] The marriage produced several children. Dietho died about 1187; Adelaide died shortly afterwards at the Premonstratensian abbey of Weissenau near Ravensburg.
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Adela Vohburg
- Adelaide Vohburg
- Vohburg Family
- Holy Roman Emporer
- Frederick Barbarossa Family Ancestry
Bibiliography
- [Adela von Vohburg (1128-1187) at Google Books "Annales Palidenses, a. 1155. 1156."] (in la), Monumenta Germaniae Historica Inde Ab Anno Christi Quingentesimo Usque Ad Annum Millesimum et Quingentesimum. (Hannover: Impensis Bibliopolii Aulici Hahniani): 89, 1826, ISSN 0343-2157, OCLC 12302731, Adela von Vohburg (1128-1187) at Google Books
- Bedürftig, Friedemann (2006) (in de). Die Staufer: ein Lexikon. Darmstadt: Primus. ISBN 3-89678-288-6. OCLC 70063808.
- Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (1999). "Adelaide of Vohburg (fl. 1140s)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. 1. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 0-7876-3736-X. OCLC 186968548. https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist01comm/page/80/mode/2up.
- Hlawitschka, Eduard (2005). "[537,%22pan%22:{%22x%22:0.535,%22y%22:0.714},%22view%22:%22%22,%22zoom%22:0.598}&origin=/search?filter%255BZeitschriften%255D%255B1%255D%3D345858735%257CLOG_0000%26filter%255BObjekttyp%255D%255B1%255D%3Dvolume%26page%3D3 Weshalb war die Auflösung der Ehe Friedrich Barbarossas undAdelas von Vohburg möglich?]" (in de). Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters 61: 509–536. ISSN 0012-1223. Template:ZDB.
- Niederkorn, Jan Paul (1991). "Der Übergang des Egerlandes an die Staufer. Die Heirat Friedrich Barbarossas mit Adela von Vohburg". Bayerische Bibliographie 54 (3): 613–622. ISSN 0044-2364.
- Ottonis; Rahewini (1912). "Gesta Friderici I. imperatoris" (in la). impensis bibliopolii Hahniani. OCLC 565124000. https://archive.org/details/ottonisetrahewin46otto.
- Pertz, Georg Heinrich, ed (1874) (in la). Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptorvm. 23. Stuttgart: Societatis Aperiendis Fontibvs Rervm Germanicarvm Medii Aevi. OCLC 164582170.
- Weller, Tobias (2004) (in de). Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. Köln: Böhlau. ISBN 3-412-11104-X. OCLC 57388984.
External Links
- wikipedia:en:Adelaide of Vohburg
- Adelaide of Vohburg at thePeerage
- Adelaide of Vohburg, Geni.com, https://www.geni.com/people/Adelaide-Hohenstaufen-de-Vohburg/6000000005599214296, retrieved 22 June 2023
- Ancestry of German Kings and Emporers, fmg.ac, https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/GERMANY,%20Kings.htm, retrieved 22 June 2023
- Schreiber, Karl-Heinz. "Adelheid von Vohburg Deutsche Königin + nach 1187" (in de). http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter/deutschland_koenige_2/adela_deutsche_koenigin_nach_1187_diepoldinger_staufer/adela_von_vohburg_deutsche_koenigin_+_nach_1187.html.
Royal Succession Chart
Adela von Vohburg (1128-1187) Diepoldings Born: c. 1125 Died: 25 May after 1187
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Preceded by Gertrude of Sulzbach |
Queen consort of Germany 1152–1153 |
Succeeded by Beatrice I of Burgundy |
References
- ^ Commire & Klezmer 1999, p. 80.
- ^ Hlawitschka 2005, pp. 526–528.
- ^ Weller 2004, p. 788.
- ^ a b Bedürftig 2006, p. 8.
- ^ Niederkorn 1991.
- ^ a b Ottonis & Rahewini 1912, pp. 111–112
- ^ Pertz 1874, p. 149.
- ^ Impensis Bibliopolii Aulici Hahniani 1826, p. 89.
- ^ Impensis Bibliopolii Aulici Hahniani 1826, p. [Adela von Vohburg (1128-1187) at Google Books 89].