Agnes Av AQUITAINE

Abt 1024 - 1077  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Agnes Av AQUITAINE
  Birth	Abt 1024	Aquitaine   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	keiserinne
  Death	14 Dec 1077	Tyskland
  Notes	Agnes OF POITOU, also called AGNES OF AQUITAINE, French AGNÈS DE POITOU, or AGNÈS D'AQUITAINE (b. c. 1024--d. Dec. 14, 1077, Rome [Italy]), second wife of the Holy Roman emperor Henry III. She was regent (1056-62) during the minority of her son , the future Henry IV. Agnes was a daughter of William V the Great, duke of Aquitaine, and was a descendant of the kings of Burgundy and Italy. She married Henry III on Nov. 1, 1043, forming an alliance designed to cement the empire's relations with its neighbouring sta tes to the west. On Henry's death she assumed the regency for her son until it was wrested from her by Archbishop Anno of Cologne in 1062. Agnes then retired to a convent. Copyright 1994-1999 Encyclopædia Britannica
  Person ID	I43651	Valdres Slekt
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

  Father	Willhem IV Av AQUITAINE,   b. Abt 0945, Aquitaine d. Aquitaine
  Family ID	F16058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Heinrich III Av TYSKLAND,   b. Abt 0900, Tyskland d. 1056, Tyskland (Age ~ 156 years)
  Family ID	F16068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S150] Stammtafel der Kaiser Deutsches Reich 1871.