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Agnes Av AQUITAINE

Female Abt 1024 - 1077  (~ 53 years)


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  1. 1.  Agnes Av AQUITAINE was born about 1024 in Aquitaine; died on 14 Dec 1077 in 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

    Occupation:
    keiserinne

    Family/Spouse: Heinrich III Av TYSKLAND. Heinrich (son of Konrad II Av TYSKLAND and Gisela VON SWABEN) was born about 0900 in Tyskland; died in 1056 in Tyskland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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