Gunhilda of Denmark

Gunhild of Denmark, also Cunegonde, called in Anglo-Saxon sources Chunihildis or Chunelinda, (c. 1019; † July 18, 1038 ) was from 1036 until her untimely death in 1038, the first wife of the Roman-German king and future emperor Henry III.

Life

Gunhild - daughter of the Anglo- Scandinavian King Knut the Great and his second wife Emma of Normandy - served late in 1025 at the age of about six years as a pledge of peace between the Emperor Conrad II and her father. In this capacity, she came to the German court.

In May 1035 was the heir to the throne of Henry III. engaged and Pentecost 1036 was held in Nijmegen, the wedding is taking to a delegation who arrived Hardeknut her brother, who had meanwhile succeeded his father on the Danish throne.

End of 1037 or early in 1038 gave birth to Gunhild in Italy the daughter Beatrix. Soon after, on July 18, 1038 Gunhild died in Italy, possibly of malaria. Her body was transferred to the monastery of Limburg and buried him there in the nave in front of the choir. The grave is in the monastery ruin Limburg identified to date, the grave plate is, however, latter day.

Swell

• Wipo: deeds of Emperor Konrad II In: Werner Trillmich, Rudolf Buchner (ed.): Sources of the 9th and 11th centuries, the history of the Hamburg Church and the Empire. ( FSGA 11), Darmstadt 1961, pp. 505-613.