Adelheid of Vohburg (1122 - 1190) was the first Queen consort of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. Events Resolution of Investiture Controversy in the Concordat of Worms Pierre Abélard writes Sic et Non Births Ben Lancaster, Gradutate, Dynamite dancer. ... Events March 16 - Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150-500 Jews in Cliffords Tower June 10 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. ... Frederick Barbarossa in a 13th century Chronicle. ...

Family

Adelheid was a daughter of Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg (d. 1146) and his second wife Kunigunde of Beichlingen.

Her paternal grandparents were Diepold II, Count of Cham (d. 1078) and Liutgarde of Zähringen. Diepold II was also Margrave of Nordgau. Her maternal grandparents were Kuno, Count of Beichlingen and Kunigunde of Weimar. Zähringen is the name of an old and influential German noble family, taken from the castle and village of that name. ...

Diepold II was a younger son of Diepold I, Count of Cham and his unnamed wife. Liutgarde was a daughter of Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia and his first wife Richwara. Kuno was a younger son of Otto of Nordheim and Richenza of Swabia. Kunigunde of Weimar was a daughter of Otto of Weimar, Margrave of Meissen and his wife Adela of Louvain. Berthold I (born around 1000, died November 6, 1078 in Weilheim an der Teck) was an ancestor of the House of Baden, in addition to being Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona. ... Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (died 1083), belonged to the rich and influential Saxon family of the counts of Nordheim, and having distinguished himself in war and peace alike, received the duchy of Bavaria from Agnes, widow of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, in 1061. ... The Margraviate of Meissen was a territorial state on the border of the German empire. ...

Diepold I was a son of Ratpoto II, Count of Cham. Richenza was a daughter of Otto II, Duke of Swabia and Matilda von Egisheim. Otto of Weimar was a son of Wilhelm III, Count of Weimar and his second wife Oda of Ostmark. Adela was a daughter of Lambert II of Leuven and his wife Uda of Lotharingia. Otto II (d. ... Ostmark (Eastern March) is a modern German term to translate the term Ostarrîchi a vernacular for marcia orientalis that appears in a single later 10th century document. ... Lotharingia (yellow), as established by the Treaty of Verdun, 843, and reduced by the Treaty of Mersen, 870 Lotharingia was a short-lived kingdom in western Europe, the aggregate of territories belonging to Lothair, King of Lotharingia (reigned 855–869), who received it in 855 from his father, Lothair I...

Ratpoto II was a son of Ratpoto I, Count of Cham. Matilda was a daughter of Hugo VI, Count of Nordgau and Egisheim by his wife Heilwig of Dagsburg. She was also a sister of Pope Leo IX. Wilhelm III was a son of Wilhelm II, Count of Weimar (d. 1003), Margrave of Thuringia. Leo IX, born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg (June 21, 1002 – April 19, 1054) was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. ... // Kings of Thuringia 450-500 Bisinus 500-530 Baderich 500-530 Berthachar 500-531 Herminafried conquered by the Franks Dukes of Thuringia 634-642 Radulf 642-687 Heden I 687-689 Gozbert 689-719 Heden II 849-874 Thakulf 874-880 Radulf 880-892 Poppo 892-906 Konrad 907-908...

Ratpoto I is lnown for donating property to the church of Salzurg in 977. His donations were confirmed by a charter of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, dated on 7 October 984. He is considered the founder of a local dynasty, the Ratpotonen. Hugo VI was a son of Hugo V, Count of Nordgau. Heilwig was a daughter of Ludwig of Dagsburg. Wilhelm II was a son of Wilhelm I, Count of Weimar (d. 963) whose further ancestry is not known with certainty. There have been several contradictory theories on the subject. Otto III in a medieval manuscript Otto III (980 – January 23, 1002, Paterno, Italy) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Enyu of Japan Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths Categories: 984 ...

Hugo V was a son of Eberhard IV, Count of Nordgau and Liutgarde of of Bidgau.

Eberhard IV was a son of Hugo III, Count of Nordgau and his wife Hildegard. Liutgarde was a daughter of Wigerich III, Count of Ardennes and Cunegundis.

Hugo III was a son of Eberhard III, Count of Nordgau. Uncertain relation to his predecessors. Cunegundis was a daughter of Ermentrude.

Ermentrude was reportedly a daughter of Louis the Stammerer and his third wife Adelaide of Paris. Louis the Stammerer (November 1, 846 – April 10, 879), also known as Louis II and Louis le Begue, was the son of Charles II and Ermentrude of Orléans. ...

Marriages

Adelheid married Frederick of Swabia, son and heir of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia and his wife Judith of Bavaria Frederick Barbarossa in a 13th century Chronicle. ... Frederick II of Hohenstaufen (1090 – April 6, 1147) was duke of Swabia. ... Judith (b. ...

Her father-in-law died in 1147. Frederick became Frederick III, Duke of Swabia and Adelheid became his Duchess.

Frederick also managed to be elected as the successor of his paternal great-uncle Conrad III of Germany. He was crowned King of Germany on 4 March 1152. Adelheid became his Queen consort. However she remained childless and Frederick petitioned Pope Eugene III for an annulment. King Conrad III (Miniature, 13th century) Conrad III (1093 - February 15, 1152, Bamberg), the first German king of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was the son of Frederick I, Duke of Swabia and Agnes, a daughter of Emperor Henry IV. Conrad was appointed duke of Franconia by his uncle, emperor Henry V... The following list of German Kings and Emperors is one of several Wikipedia lists of incumbents. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Events March 4 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled May 18 - Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou Church of Ireland acknowledges Popes authority Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway... The Blessed Eugene III, né Bernardo Pignatelli (d. ...

The annulment was granted and confirmed in March, 1153. The justification was given on grounds of consanguinity but this was a somewhat exaggerated application of the concept. One of the great-great-grandfathers of Frederick was reportedly a brother to one of her great-great-great-grandmothers. Which is not considered a particularly close blood relation. Consanguinity, literally meaning common blood, describes how close a person is related to another in the sense of a family. ...

No longer a Queen, Adelheid proceeded to marry Dieto of Ravensburg.

Empress Marguerite (1311–1356), Countess of Hainaut and Holland. ... Beatrice of Burgundy (died November 15, 1184) was the daughter and heiress of Renaud III, Count of Burgundy, and the second wife and Empress of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. ... Empress Marguerite (1311–1356), Countess of Hainaut and Holland. ...

External links

• A listing of Margraves of Vohburg and their children