Judith of Baden (d.1162) was a German margravine, as the daughter of

Herman II, Margrave of Baden Hermann II of Baden (c. 1060 – 7 October 1130) was the first to use the title Margrave of Baden, after the family seat at Castle Hohenbaden. This castle is in the present day town of Baden-Baden. Life Hermann was the son of Hermann I of Bad ...

by his wife

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. Customary for the children of a ruling

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at the time, she was styled a "Margravine". She married

Ulrich I, Duke of Carinthia Ulrich I (died 7 April 1144), of the House of Sponheim, was the Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Verona from 1135 until his death. He was the eldest son of Duke Engelbert and Uta, daughter of Burggrave Ulrich of Passau, his namesake. His father ...

with whom she had five children. She died in 1162 and was buried in a stone sarcophagus in the Augustine Chapel in the cloister of the

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. Her tomb was opened in 1513 by

Christopher I of Baden Christopher I of Baden (13 November 1453 – 19 April 1527) was the Margrave of Baden from 1475 to 1515. Life Christopher was the eldest son of Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catherine of Austria, a sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman E ...

, engraved, and then transferred to the choir of the church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Judith of Baden Date of birth unknown 1162 deaths People from the Margraviate of Baden German princesses Daughters of monarchs