Agnes of Habsburg

Agnes of Habsburg (c. 1257 – 11 October 1322) was a daughter of Emperor Rudolph I of Germany and his first wife Countess Gertrude of Hohenberg. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.

Marriage

In 1273 she was married to Elector Albert II of Saxony. They had six children:

1. Duke Rudolf I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (died 11 March 1356) he was an Elector of Saxony
2. Otto (died after 29 August 1311)
3. Albrecht (died 19 May 1342), Bishop of Passau in 1322-1342
4. Wenzel (died 17 March 1327), a canon in Halberstadt
5. Anna (died 22 November 1327), married:
   1. on 8 August 1308 to Margrave Frederick the Lame, son of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen;
   2. on 6 July 1315 Lord Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg
6. Elisabeth (died 1341)

Family

She was the sixth of nine children born to Rudolph and Gertrude; like Agnes, most of her siblings lived to adulthood. Among her siblings were:

• Albert I of Germany who succeeded their father,
• Rudolph II, Duke of Austria who was also Duke of Swabia,
• Matilda who married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria,
• Judith who married Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and was mother of Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330) and Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313),
• Katharina who married Otto III, Duke of Bavaria, and
• Klementia who married Charles Martel of Anjou and was mother of Charles I of Hungary and Clementia, Queen of France.

Ancestry

Family of Agnes of Habsburg

16. Albert III, Count of Habsburg 8. Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg 17. Ida von Pfullendorf 4. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg 18. Gottfried von Staufen 9. Agnes of Staufen 2. Rudolph I of Germany 20. Hartmann III, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen 10. Ulrich, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen 21. Richenza von Lenzburg 5. Heilwig of Kiburg 22. Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen 11. Anna von Zähringen 23. Heilwig of Frohburg 1. Agnes of Habsburg 24. Burckhard III, Count of Hohenburg 12. Burckhard IV, Count of Hohenburg 6. Burckhard V, Count of Hohenburg 3. Gertrude of Hohenburg 28. Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen 14. Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen 29. Mechtild of Gleiberg, Countess of Giessen 7. Mechtild of Tübingen 30. Henry, Margrave of Ronsberg 15. unnamed 31. Udilhild of Gammertingen

See also

• German monarchs family tree
• House of Habsburg

External links

• Article in the Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich

• *Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of Rudolph I of Germany". Genealogy.EU. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help).