Agnes (Welf) von der Pfalz (1201 - 1267)

Born 1201 in Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Wife of Otto (Wittelsbach) von Bayern — married May 1222 in Worms, Pfalzgrafschaft bei Rhein, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1267 at about age 66 in München, Bayern [uncertain]

Biography

Agnes von Sachsen was the daughter of Heinrich von Sachsen, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Pfalzgraf bei Rhein) and his first wife Agnes von Staufen^[1].

She married Otto von Bayern at Worms in May 1222. He succeeded his father as Otto II, Duke of Bavaria in 1231. They had issue:

1. Elisabeth of Bavaria, married Konrad IV of Germany and later Meinhard II, Graf von Tirol
2. Ludwig II "der Strenge", duke of Upper Bavaria
3. Heinrich, duke of Lower Bavaria
4. Sophie, wife of Gerhard IV, Graf von Hirschberg
5. Agnes, a nun^[2].

Agnes died on 16 November 1267 and was buried at Scheyern^[1].

Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267) was a daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine and his first wife Agnes, daughter of Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Agnes was Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria^[3].

Agnes married Otto II at Worms when he came of age in 1222. With this marriage, the Wittelsbach family inherited Palatinate and kept it as a Wittelsbach possession until 1918. ^[3].

In 1231 upon the death of Otto's father, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Otto and Agnes became Duke and Duchess of Bavaria^[3].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Agnes von Braunschweig: Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families Palatinate Chap. 3 Pfalzgrafen bei Rhein, Welf, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website (accessed 2019).
2. ↑ Otto II of Bavaria: Cawley, Bavaria Dukes Chap. 11A Dukes of Bavaria (accessed 2019)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Wikipedia contributors, "Agnes of the Palatinate," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agnes_of_the_Palatinate&oldid=886809249 (accessed March 16, 2019).