Duchess of Swabia

See also: Duke of Swabia

Duchess of Swabia was a title used by the wife of the ruler of the Duchy of Swabia during the Middle Ages.

Duchess of Alamannia

• Daughter of Theodo of Bavaria, wife of Duke Gotfrid
• Hereswind, wife of Duke Hnabi

Queen of Alamannia

Carolingian dynasty, 876–882

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Consort	Ceased to be Consort	Death	Spouse
	Richardis of Swabia	Erchanger, Count of the Nordgau (Ahalolfinger)	840	1 August 862	28 August 876 Partition of East Francia	20 January 882 Reunification of East Francia	18 September, between 894 and 896	Charles the Fat

Duchess of Swabia

Hunfriding dynasty, 909–911

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Liutgard of Saxony	Liudolf, Duke of Saxony (Liudolfings)	845	882	909 husband's accession	5/23 November 911 husband's death	17/30 November 885	Burchard I

Ahalolfing dynasty, 915–917

• None

Hunfriding dynasty, 917–926

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Regelinda of Zürich	Eberhard I, Count of Zürich	890	before 911	after 21 January 917 husband's accession	29 April 926 husband's death	958, after 29 April	Burchard II

Conradine dynasty, 926–949

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Regelinda of Zürich	Eberhard I, Count of Zürich	890	926		10 December 949 husband's death	958, after 29 April	Herman I

Ottonian dynasty, 950–954

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Ida of Swabia	Herman I, Duke of Swabia (Conradines)	930s	27 October 947/7 April 948	950 husband's accession	954 husband's despostion	17 May 986	Liudolf

Hunfriding dynasty, 954–973

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Hedwig of Bavaria	Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (Ottonian)	939-945	954		12 November 973 husband's death	26 July 994	Burchard III

Ottonian dynasty, 973–982

• None

Conradine dynasty, 982–1012

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
There is considerable confusion about Conrad's family. The identity of his wife is not known for sure, although he may have been married to a daughter of Liudolf, Duke of Swabia.								Conrad I
	Gerberga of Burgundy	Conrad of Burgundy (Elder Welf)	965 or 966	986	20 August 997 husband's accession	4 May 1003 husband's death	7 July 1018	Herman II

House of Babenberg, 1012–1038

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Gisela of Swabia	Hermann II, Duke of Swabia (Conradines)	11 November 995	1012		31 March/May 1015 husband's death	14 February 1043	Ernest I
	Adelaide of Susa, Marchioness of Turin	Ulric Manfred II of Turin (Arduinici)	1014/20	1035		28 July 1038 husband's death	19 December 1091	Herman IV

Salian dynasty, 1038–1045

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Gunhilda of Denmark	Cnut the Great (Denmark)	1020	1059		18 July 1038		Rudolph I
	Agnes of Poitou	William V, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfids)	1025	21 November 1043		7 April 1045 given to Otto II	14 December 1077

Ezzonian dynasty, 1045–1047

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	-	Hugh VI, Count of Egisheim	-	-	7 April 1045 husband's accession	7 September 1047 husband's death	-	Otto II

House of Schweinfurt, 1048–1057

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Irmgard of Susa	Ulric Manfred II of Turin (Arduinici)	-	1036	January 1048 husband's accession	28 September 1057 husband's death	1078, before 29 April	Otto III

House of Rheinfelden, 1057–1090

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Matilda of Germany	Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (Salian)	October 1048	1059		12 May 1060		Rudolph I
	Adelaide of Savoy	Otto, Count of Savoy (Savoy)	1052/53	after June 1066		1079 son replace father as Duke	early 1079

House of Zähringen, 1057–1090

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Agnes of Rheinfelden	Rudolf of Rheinfelden (Rheinfelden)	-	1079	1092 husband's accession	1098 husband's renunciation	19 December 1111	Berthold II, Duke of Swabia

House of Hohenstaufen, 1079–1208

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Agnes of Germany	Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (Salian)	1072	1089		21 July 1105 husband's death	24 September 1143	Frederick I
	Judith of Bavaria	Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria (Welf)	after 1100	1119/21		22 February 1130/31		Frederick II
	Agnes of Saarbrücken	Frederick, Count of Saarbrücken	-	1132/33		6 April 1147 husband's death	after 1147
	Adelheid of Vohburg	Diepold III, Margrave of Vohburg	1122	before 2 March 1147		1152 husband's resignation	1190	Frederick III Barbarossa
	Gertrude of Bavaria	Henry the Lion (Welf)	1152/1155	1166		19 August 1167 husband's accession	1 June 1197	Frederick IV
	Irene Angelina	Isaac II Angelos (Angelos)	1177/81	25 May 1197		1197 husband ceased to be Margrave	27 August 1208	Philip I

House of Welf, 1208–1212

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Beatrix of Swabia	Philip of Swabia (Hohenstaufen)	April/June 1198	23 July 1212		1212 husband's deposition	11 August 1212	Otto IV

House of Hohenstaufen, 1212–1268

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
	Constance of Aragon	Alfonso II of Aragon (Aragon)	1179	5 August 1209	1212 husband accession	after 16 July 1216 husband return to Sicily	23 June 1222	Frederick VII
	Margaret of Austria	Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)	1204	29 November 1225		4 July 1235 husband dethroned	29 October 1266	Henry II
	Elisabeth of Bavaria	Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (Wittelsbach)	1227	1 September 1246		21 May 1254 husband's death	9 October 1273	Conrad III
After the death of Conradin in 1268 Swabia fell into disarray and disintegrating into numerous smaller states.

House of Habsburg, 1289–1313

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Duchess	Ceased to be Duchess	Death	Spouse
King Rudolph I of Germany attempted to revive it for his son in 1289, the Habsburg dukes were merely titular Dukes of Swabia and the title was abolished in 1313.
	Agnes of Bohemia	Ottokar II of Bohemia (Přemyslid)	5 September 1269	March 1289	1289 husband accession	10 May 1290 husband's death	17 May 1296	Rudolph

See also

• List of Frankish queens
• List of German queens
• List of Austrian consorts
• List of Württembergian consorts

Sources

• SWABIA