Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war).Behind the Name
/ref> In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga. People with such names include: *

Kunigunde of Rapperswil Kunigunde of Rapperswil (died in early 4th century AD) was a Christian saint. In Old High German her name means ''fighter for her clan''. Life Little is known about this saint. Maybe born in Rapperswil in Switzerland, she was one of the companion ...

(c. early 4th century), Christian saint * Cunigunda of Laon, wife of Bernard of Italy (797–818) * Cunigunde of Swabia (died 918), wife and consort of King Conrad I of East Francia * Holy Roman Empress St. Cunigunde (of Luxembourg) (c. 975 – 1040), wife and consort of Holy Roman Emperor St. Henry II * Queen Kunigunde (of Hohenstaufen) (1200? – 13 September 1248), wife and consort of Wenceslaus I of Bohemia * Queen Kunigunda (of Slavonia) (died 1285), consort of

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and its regent from 1278 to 1285 *St. Kinga of Poland (1234–1292),

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of Poland and

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Kunigunde of Poland Kunigunde of Poland (Kunegunda) (c. 1298 – 9 April 1331) was a daughter of Władysław I the Elbow-high and his wife Jadwiga of Greater Poland.. Her siblings included, Casimir III of Poland and Elisabeth, Queen of Hungary. She was a member of t ...

(c. 1298 – 1331), daughter of King Wladyslaw I the Elbow-High of Poland * Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and

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* Kunigunde von Orlamünde (1303–1382), consort of Otto VI, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde * Kunigunde of Sternberg (died 1449), first wife of George of Poděbrady * Queen Kunigunde of Bohemia (died 1464), wife and consort of King Matthias of Hungary * Kunigunde of Austria (died 1520), archduchess and wife of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria * Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate * Kunigunde Streicher, wife of Julius Streicher * Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa (b. 1951), Polish Olympic

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Princess Kunegunda Princess Kunegunda is a heroine of the legends of the Sudetes, and is said to have lived in Kynast Castle in Poland. To avoid marriage, she set a condition that her future spouse must complete a circuit along the castle's walls on horseback in armo ...

, from a legend of the Chojnik Castle *

Cunégonde Cunégonde is a fictional character in Voltaire's 1759 novel '' Candide''. She is the title character's aristocratic cousin and love interest. At the beginning of the story, Candide is chased away from his uncle's home after he is caught kis ...

, a fictional character in Voltaire's novel ''Candide''

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