Kunigunde

Cunegonde (also Kunigunda ) is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name is an old Germanic name, the two words are based on: kunni ( " clan " ) and gund ( "struggle" ). Cunegonde was a popular first name in the Middle Ages, especially among the nobility.

Name-day

  • March 3 - Remembrance of the Holy Empress Cunegonde
  • June 16 - Memorial of St. Cunegonde of Rapperswil

Famous names winners

  • Cunegonde of Rapperswil, 4th Century, Holy; should have been according to the legend companion of St. Ursula in Cologne
  • Cunegonde ( granddaughter of Louis the Stammerer ), wife of Wigerich and Richwin of Verdun
  • Cunegonde of Luxembourg (980-1033), whose granddaughter, wife of the Emperor Henry II
  • Cunegonde of Altdorf ( * 1020, † 1054 ), ancestress of the younger Guelph ( Guelph D'Este )
  • Cunegonde of Swabia (1200-1248), Queen of Bohemia
  • Cunegonde of Halych (1246-1285), Queen of Bohemia
  • Cunegonde of Eisenberg, called Kunne, († 1290 ), since 1274 the wife of Albert II ( Meissen ) and, as such, Margravine of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia
  • Cunegonde of Austria (1465-1520), Duchess of Bavaria
  • Cunegonde of Brandenburg- Kulmbach (1524-1558), Margravine of Baden
  • Gwendolyn Maria of Saxony (1749-1826), Abbess

Variants

  • French: Cunégonde
  • Italian: Cunegonde
  • Dutch: Cunigonde
  • Polish: Kinga
  • Swedish: Kunigunda
  • Spanish: Cunegunda
  • Czech: Kunhuta
  • Hungarian: Kinga
Sippe Cunigunda of France Kunigunde of Altdorf Kunigunde of Eisenberg Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach Maria Kunigunde of Saxony Hungarian language (936) Kunigunde
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