Judith von Kärnten (died 991), also ''Judith of Bavaria'', was a Carinthian noble woman, likely from the Luitpolding dynasty, and Duchess of Carinthia.

Life

Little definite information is known about her life. Scholars typically connect her to the Luitpolding dynasty due to her name which was common in this family and also due to the fact that her husband Otto was given the duchy of Carinthia, which would have been likely if she was from there. It is typically assumed that her grandfather was

Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria Arnulf II (birth unknown; died 14 July 937), also known as the Bad (), the Evil () or the Wicked, a member of the Luitpolding dynasty, held the title of Duke of Bavaria from about 907 until his death in 937. He is numbered in succession to A ...

and her father Arnulf's son Henry. She married Count Otto of Wormsgau who was made duke of Carinthia in 978. It is possible that Judith and Otto lived in Carinthia already before that year, and the village Stainbach claims to be the birthplace of her son Bruno (born ca. 972) who would later become

Pope Gregory V Pope Gregory V (; c. 972 – 18 February 999), born Bruno of Carinthia, was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 3 May 996 to his death. A member of the Salian dynasty, he was made pope by his cousin, Emperor Otto III. Family ...

. Through her son Henry of Speyer she became the grandmother of the Holy Roman emperor

Conrad II Conrad II (, – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdom ...

of the

Salian dynasty The Salian dynasty or Salic dynasty () was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages. The dynasty provided four kings of Germany (1024–1125), all of whom went on to be crowned Holy Roman emperors (1027–1125). After the death of the last Ottonia ...

. She died in 991. According to a charter of Conrad II from 1034, she was buried in one of the six tombs in front of the altar in

Worms Cathedral St Peter's Cathedral (German: ''Wormser Dom'') is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Worms, Germany, Worms, southern Germany. The cathedral is located on the highest point of the inner city of Worms and is the mos ...

. When during construction in 1906 works several tombs were discovered, the project manager Philipp Brand matched these to those members of the Salian dynasty, among them Judith and her two sons Henry and Conrad.

Issue

Together with her husband Otto she had the following known four children: *

Henry of Speyer Henry of Speyer (, also ''Heinrich von Worms''; – 989/992 or 28 March 997),Hermann Grote: ''Stammtafeln. Mit Anhang: Calendarium medii aevi'' (= ''Münzstudien.'' Bd. 9). Hahn, Leipzig 1877,Digitalisat p 35 a member of the Salian dynasty, w ...

(died before 1000), Count in the Wormsgau *

(died 999) *

Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia Conrad may refer to: People * Conrad (name) * Saint Conrad (disambiguation) Places United States * Conrad, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Conrad, Iowa, a city * Conrad, Montana, a city * Conrad Glacier, Washington Elsewhe ...

(died 1011) *

William I William I may refer to: Kings * William the Conqueror (–1087), also known as William I, King of England * William I of Sicily (died 1166) * William I of Scotland (died 1214), known as William the Lion * William I of the Netherlands and Luxembour ...

, Bishop of Strasbourg (died 1047)

References

Sources

* * * {{cite book , last1=Wolfram , first1=Herwig , title=Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms , date=1 November 2010 , publisher=Penn State Press , isbn=978-0-271-04818-5 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zuKIX5g6MgoC , access-date=28 March 2024 , language=en 991 deaths Luitpoldings People from the Duchy of Carinthia