Gertrude of Hohenberg

Gertrude of Hohenzollern
Panoramic view of Queen Gertrude of Hohenzollern of Hohenberg's tomb in the Münster of Basel
German Queen
Tenure	1273–1281
Born	c. 1225
Died	16 February 1281 Vienna, Austria
Spouse	Rudolph I of Germany
Issue	Albert I of Germany Rudolf II, Duke of Austria Matilda, Duchess of Bavaria Catherine, Duchess of Bavaria Agnes, Electress of Saxony Hedwig, Margravine of Brandenburg Clementia, Queen of Hungary Judith, Queen of Bohemia
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Burkhard V, Count of Hohenberg
Mother	Mechtild of Tübingen

Gertrude of Hohenzollern (c. 1225 – 16 February 1281, Vienna) was the first Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany.

Family

She was born to Burkhard V, Count of Hohenberg (d. 1253) and his wife Mechtild of Tübingen.

Her paternal grandparents were Burkhard IV, Count of Hohenberg and his unnamed wife. Her maternal grandparents were Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen and his wife, a daughter of Henry, Margrave of Ronsberg and Udilhild of Gammertingen.

Burchard IV was a son of Burchard III, Count of Hohenberg.

Burchard III was one of two sons of Burkhard II, Count of Hohenberg. He was co-ruler with his brother Frederick, Count of Hohenberg. His brother had no known descendants and the two brothers consequently had a single successor.

Burchard II was one of five known sons of Frederick I, Count of Zollern and his wife Udachild of Urach.

Frederich I was the son of Burkhard I, Count of Zollern. He was the founder of the so-called Burchardings family line, male-line ancestors of the House of Hohenzollern.

Grave in Basel

Marriage and children

In 1245, Gertrude married Rudolph IV, Count of Habsburg. They had nine children:

1. Matilda (ca. 1251/53, Rheinfelden – 23 December 1304, Munich), married 1273 in Aachen to Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and became mother of Rudolf I, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
2. Albert I of Germany (July 1255 – 1 May 1308), Duke of Austria and also of Styria.
3. Katharina (1256–4 April 1282, Landshut), married 1279 in Vienna to Otto III, Duke of Bavaria who later (after her death) became the disputed King Béla V of Hungary and left no surviving issue.
4. Agnes (ca. 1257–11 October 1322, Wittenberg), married 1273 to Albert II, Duke of Saxony and became the mother of Rudolf I, Elector of Saxony.
5. Hedwig (d. 1285/86), married 1270 in Vienna to Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg and left no issue.
6. Klementia (ca. 1262–1301), married 1281 in Vienna to Charles Martel of Anjou, the Papal claimant to the throne of Hungary and mother of king Charles I of Hungary, as well as of queen Clementia of France, herself the mother of the baby king John I of France.
7. Hartmann (1263, Rheinfelden – 21 December 1281), drowned in Rheinau.
8. Rudolph II, Duke of Austria and Styria (1270–10 May 1290, Prague), titular Duke of Swabia, father of John the Patricide of Austria.
9. Guta (13 March 1271 – 18 June 1297, Prague), married 24 January 1285 to King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and became the mother of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Poland and Hungary, of queen Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313), duchess of Carinthia, and of queen Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330), countess of Luxembourg.
10. Charles (1276 – 1276)

Her husband was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 29 September 1273, largely due to the efforts of her cousin Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Rudolph was crowned in Aachen on 24 October 1273. She served as his Queen consort for the following eight years.

She died early in 1281. Rudolph remained a widower for three years and proceeded to marry Isabelle of Burgundy.

Ancestry

Family of Gertrude of Hohenberg

16. Burckhard II von Zollern 8. Burckhard III, Count of Hohenburg 4. Burckhard IV, Count of Hohenburg 2. Burckhard V, Count of Hohenburg 1. Gertrude of Hohenburg 24. Hugo II, Count Palatine of Tübingen 12. Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen 25. Elisabeth of Bregenz 6. Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen 26. William, Count of Gleiberg 13. Mechtild of Gleiberg, Countess of Giessen 27. Salome of Isenburg 3. Mechtild of Tübingen 14. Henry, Margrave of Ronsberg 7. unnamed 15. Udilhild of Gammertingen

External links

• A listing of Swabian nobility, including the Dukes of Hohenberg
• Her profile at Royalty Pages
• A listing of descendants of Rudolph I of Germany.