Richenza of Swabia

Richenza (also: Richeza, Richza ) (* 1025, † before 1083? ) Was due to her first marriage Countess of Werl and his second wife Countess of Northeim and 1061-1070 Duchess of Bavaria.

After her presumed father Duke Otto II of Swabia it is also called Richenza of Swabia. The thesis of this lineage is hardly tenable according to the current state of research.

Life

Origin

1933, Kimpen on the thesis that Richenza and Ida of Sindelsdorf daughters of Ezzonen Otto, first Count Palatine and Duke of Swabia, were. Although Kimpen rejected his hypothesis even later, it was taken over by fellow Long and Hucke in their dissertations on the North buckets and Udonen. While the extensive genealogical considerations of Ida Sindelsdorf not confirmed this theory, the origin of their alleged sister Richenza of Duke Otto of Swabia was provided little in question. On the contrary, it served several times as a reason for the rise of her second husband Otto of Northeim Duke of Bavaria. In particular, Lewald had 1979 in their study of the Ezzonen out that Duke Otto could not have been inherited from Swabia by his sister, if he had daughters. Borchert came in 2005 because of needs in the Elbe-Weser area heritages of Richenza to the conclusion that she must come from a local family. Since Richenza her sons three main courtyards along the left bank of the Elbe left with about 150 hooves that are in conflict situation with the genotype of the Bill Unger Wichmann II, it may have been a descendant of his brother Ekbert the one-eyed man.

Marriages and children

Her first husband was Hermann III. , Count of Werl.

Daughter of this marriage:

  • Oda von Werl (* 1050, † January 13, 1111 ) ∞ Lothar Udo II, Count of Stade († March / May 1082 )

Her second husband was Count Otto of Northeim, as Otto II Duke of Bavaria († 1083 ). From this marriage seven children were born:

  • Henry the Fat, Margrave of Friesland
  • Kuno von Northeim, Count of Beichlingen
  • Siegfried III. , Count of Boyneburg
  • Otto II, Count of Northeim
  • Ida ∞ Thiemo, Graf von Landsberg ( Wettin )
  • Ethelinde ∞ I Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, divorced 1070, II ∞ Hermann, 1105-1144 testifies in 1115 Earl of Calvelage
  • Mathilde ∞ Count Konrad von Arnsberg- Werl

Death

There is no known secure witness to the death of Richenza. It is believed that she died before her second husband died in 1083 Otto of Northeim. So far March has been suggested as their month of death due to an entry in St. Blaise in Brunswick. Borchert has pointed out that said there Rikce ducissa belongs in the 14th century, and in turn, proposed May 1 as a possible death due to a mysterious note in the obituary of the monastery Harsefeld.

Previously it was assumed that Richenza was buried along with Otto of Northeim before the altar of St. Nicholas Monastery in Northeim. Since there are no female corpse was found Borchert proposes as a new hypothesis a funeral at St. Nicholas chapel in the monastery and later monastery Harsefeld - the grave lay the Udonen - before, because Richenza in Harsefeld had extensive heritage and her daughter Oda was married to there reigning Count.

Otto II, Duke of Swabia Ezzonids Otto of Nordheim Billung Wichmann the Younger Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark Henry, Margrave of Frisia Thimo the Brave, Count of Wettin
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