Gertrude of Bavaria

Gertrude of Bavaria
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign	1182–1197
Born	1152/55
Died	1 June 1197
Burial	Wå Gårds Harde
Spouse	Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia Canute VI of Denmark
House	House of Welf
Father	Henry the Lion
Mother	Clementia of Zähringen

Gertrude of Bavaria and Saxony (1152/55–1197) was a German noble, a duchess of Swabia as the spouse of Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, and a Danish Queen consort as the spouse of King Canute VI of Denmark.

Biography

Getrude was born to Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony and Clementia of Zähringen in either 1152 or 1155. She was married to Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, in 1166, and became a widow in 1167. In 1171 she was engaged and in February 1177 married to Prince Canute of Denmark in Lund. The couple lived the first years in Skåne. On 12 May 1182, she became queen. She did not have any children. During her second marriage, she chose to live in chastity and celibacy with her husband. Arnold of Lübeck remarked of their marriage, that her spouse was : "The most chaste one, living thus his days with his chaste spouse" in eternal chastity.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Gertrude of Bavaria

16. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria

8. Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria

17. Judith of Flanders

4. Henry X, Duke of Bavaria

18. Magnus, Duke of Saxony

9. Wulfhild of Saxony

19. Sophia of Hungary

2. Henry the Lion

20. Gebhard of Supplinburg

10. Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor

21. Hedwig of Formbach

5. Gertrude of Süpplingenburg

22. Henry of Northeim, Margrave of Frisia

11. Richenza of Northeim

23. Gertrude of Brunswick

1. Gertrude of Bavaria

24. Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia

12. Berthold II, Duke of Swabia

25. Richwara

6. Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen

26. Rudolf of Rheinfelden

13. Agnes of Rheinfelden

27. Adelaide of Savoy

3. Clementia of Zähringen

28. Albert III, Count of Namur

14. Godfrey I, Count of Namur

29. Ida of Saxony

7. Clementia of Namur

30. Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg

15. Ermesinde of Luxembourg

31. Clementia of Aquitaine

References

Alf Henrikson: Dansk historia (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish)
Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): När hände vad i Nordens historia (When did what happen in the historiy of the Nordic countries) (1997)
Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VI. Bind. Gerson - H. Hansen (in Danish)

Danish royalty
Gertrude of Bavaria House of Welf
Preceded by Sofia of Minsk	Queen consort of Denmark 1182–1197	Succeeded by Dagmar of Bohemia

Danish royal consorts

Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (1972–present) Ingrid of Sweden (1947–1972) Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1912–1947) Louise of Sweden (1906–1912) Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1863–1898) Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1839–1848) Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel† (1808–1839) Caroline Matilda of Great Britain† (1766–1775) Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel† (1752–1766) Louise of Great Britain† (1746–1751) Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach† (1730–1746) Anne Sophie Reventlow† (1721–1730) Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1699–1721) Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel† (1670–1699) Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1648–1670) Anne Catherine of Brandenburg† (1597–1612) Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow† (1572–1588) Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg† (1534–1559) Sophie of Pomerania† (1523–1533) Isabella of Austria†‡ (1515–1523) Christina of Saxony†‡ (1481–1513) Dorothea of Brandenburg†‡ (1445–1448 & 1449–1481) Philippa of England†‡ (1406–1430) Helvig of Schleswig (1340–1374) Elizabeth of Holstein-Rendsburg (1330–1331) Euphemia of Pomerania (1326–1330) Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1296–1319) Agnes of Brandenburg (1273–1286) Margaret Sambiria (1252–1259) Matilda of Holstein (1250–1252) Jutta of Saxony (1239–1250) Eleanor of Portugal (1229–1231) Berengaria of Portugal (1214–1221) Dagmar of Bohemia (1205–1213) Gertrude of Bavaria (1182–1197) Sophia of Minsk (1157–1182) Helena of Sweden (1156–1157) Adela of Meissen (1152–1157) Lutgard of Salzwedel (1144–1146) Malmfred of Kiev† (1134–1137) Ulvhild Håkansdotter‡ (1130–1134) Margaret Fredkulla† (1104–1130) Boedil Thurgotsdatter (1095–1103) Ingegerd of Norway‡ (1086–1095) Adela of Flanders (1080–1086) Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter (1076–1080) Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir‡ (1050–1052) Gyda of Sweden (1048–1049) Emma of Normandy† (1017–1035) Sigrid the Haughty/Świętosława/Gunhild of Wenden†‡ Tove of the Obotrites† (970–986) Gyrid of Sweden (952–970) Thyra (900–935)

† also Queen of Norway ‡ also Queen of Sweden

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