Imiza of Luxembourg (also Irmentrude and Ermentrude) (-died after ), was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of
Frederick of Luxembourg
Frederick of Luxembourg (965 – 6 October 1019), Count of Moselgau, was a son of Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau.
Frederick married Irmtrud, daughter of Count Herbert of Wetterau. They had issue:
* Henry VII (d. 1047), Count of Lu ...
, and the wife of
Welf II of Swabia.
Life
Imiza was the daughter of
Frederick of Luxembourg
Frederick of Luxembourg (965 – 6 October 1019), Count of Moselgau, was a son of Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau.
Frederick married Irmtrud, daughter of Count Herbert of Wetterau. They had issue:
* Henry VII (d. 1047), Count of Lu ...
and Ermentrude of Gleiberg. She was a direct descendant of
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...
, and her paternal aunt,
Cunigunde was married to
Emperor Henry II
Henry II (german: Heinrich II; it, Enrico II; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry the Exuberant, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler o ...
.
She was married to
Welf II, Count of Swabia
Welf II ( - died 10 March 1030) was a Swabian count and a member of the Elder House of Welf.
Life
He was a younger son of Count Rudolf II and Ita, a daughter of Duke Conrad I of Swabia of the Conradine dynasty. He constructed a castle at Ravens ...
, probably in 1017. Imiza’s dowry included the estates of
Mehring am Lech (near Augsburg) and ''Elisina'' (modern
Solesino). Imiza probably received this property at the intervention of her aunt, Empress Cunigunde. Probably because of this connection Henry II also granted the
Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia (german: Herzogtum Kärnten; sl, Vojvodina Koroška) was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, and was the first newly created Imperial Sta ...
to Imiza's son,
Welf III
Welf III (13 November 1055), the last male member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf, was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 1047 until his death.
Life
Welf III was the only son of the Swabian count Welf II of Altdorf ...
(previously Carinthia had been ruled personally by the German emperors).
Imiza outlived her son, Welf III, who never married and had no children. Welf bequeathed his property to the monastery of
Altdorf, where his mother had become abbess. She in turn gave the property to
Welf IV
Welf I (c. 1035/10406 November 1101) was Duke of Bavaria from 1070 to 1077 and from 1096 to his death. He was the first member of the Welf branch of the House of Este. In the genealogy of the Elder House of Welf, he is counted as Welf IV.
Biog ...
, her grandson by her daughter
Cunigunde.
[Störmer, ‘Die Welfen in der Reichspolitik,’ p. 261.]
Issue
With Welf II, Imiza had two children:
*
Cuniza (or Cunigunde)
*
Welf III
Welf III (13 November 1055), the last male member of the Swabian line of the Elder House of Welf, was Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 1047 until his death.
Life
Welf III was the only son of the Swabian count Welf II of Altdorf ...
References
*K. Baaken, ‘Elisina curtis nobilissima. Welfischer Besitz in der Markgrafschaft Verona und die Datierung der Historia Welforum,’ ''Deutsches Archiv'' 55 (1999), 63-94
*H. Dopsch, ‘Welf III und Kärnten,’ in D. Bauer, et al., eds., ''Welf IV. - Schlüsselfigur einer Wendezeit: Regionale und europäische Perspektiven'' (Munich, 2004), pp. 84–128.
*W. Glocker, ''Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik'' (Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Vienna, 1989).
*H. Renn, ''Das erste Luxemburger Grafenhaus (963-1136)'' (Bonn, 1941).
*B. Schneidmüller: ''Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252).'' (Stuttgart, 2000), pp. 119–123
*D. Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge'', vol. I.1 (Frankfurt am Main 1998).
*E. Steindorff, ''Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich III.'', 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1874-1881), accessible online at
archive.org*W. Störmer, ‘Die süddeutschen Welfen unter besondere Berücksichtigung ihrer Herrschaftspolitik im bayerisch-schwäbischen Grenzraum,’ in K-L. Ay, L. Maier and J. Jahn, eds., ''Die Welfen. Landesgeschichtliche Aspekte ihrer Herrschaft'' (Constance, 1998), pp. 57–96.
*W. Störmer, 'Die Welfen in der Reichspolitik des 11. Jahrhunderts,' ''Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung'' 104 (1996), 252-265.
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