Richeza or Richenza is a woman's first name. It is a Polish name of
Old Iceland
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
*Old, Northamptonshire, England
*Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Mai ...
ic origin (Rikissa). In Old Icelandic ''Rixa'' means ''wealthy''. It can be compared to other names ending in
-ric.
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Richeza of Denmark
Richeza of Denmark (Swedish: ''Rikissa Valdemarsdotter''; c. 1180–8 May 1220) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Eric X, and the mother of King Eric XI.
Early life
Richeza was a daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark and Sophia of Minsk. S ...
(died 1220)
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Richeza of Sweden, Queen of Poland
Richeza of Sweden ( sv, Rikissa Valdemarsdotter, pl, Ryksa szwedzka, Ryksa Waldemarówna; born between 1265 and 1270 – died before 1292), was a Swedish princess member of the House of Bjelbo and by marriage Duchess of Greater Poland during 128 ...
, mother of Elisabeth Richeza of Poland
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Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile
Richeza of Poland (also known as Richeza of Silesia; pl, Ryksa śląska; c. 1140 – 16 June 1185) was a Polish noblewoman of the House of Piast in the Silesian branch. By her marriages she was Queen consort of Galicia, León and Castile, Coun ...
(1140-1185)
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Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary
Richeza of Poland (22 September 1013 – 21 May 1075) was Queen Consort of Hungary by marriage to Béla I of Hungary.
Life
She was a daughter of King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland, and his wife, Richeza of Lotharingia, granddaughter of Emperor ...
(1013-1075)
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Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden
Richeza of Poland ( pl, Ryksa Bolesławówna, sv, Rikissa; 12 April 1116 – after 25 December 1156), a member of the House of Piast, was twice Queen of Sweden and once Princess of Minsk through her three marriages.
Richeza was the daughter of ...
(1116–after 1156)
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Elizabeth Richeza of Poland
Elizabeth Richeza of Poland ( cs, Eliška-Rejčka; pl, Ryksa-Elżbieta; 1 September 1288 – 19 October 1335), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast and by her two marriages Queen consort of Bohemia and Poland and Duchess consor ...
, Polish princess and Czech queen.
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Richeza of Berg
Richeza of Berg ( cs, Richenza z Bergu; – 27 September 1125) was Duchess of Bohemia from 1111 to 1117 and again from 1120 until 1125, by her marriage with the Přemyslid duke Vladislav I.
She was the daughter of Swabian, Henry I, Count of B ...
(1095-1125), wife of
Vladislav I of Bohemia and the Duchess of Bohemia. She was the daughter of count Henry I of Berg and his wife Adelheid of Mochental.
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Richeza of Lotharingia
Richeza of Lotharingia (also called ''Richenza'', ''Rixa'', ''Ryksa''; born about 995/1000 – 21 March 1063) was a member of the Ezzonen dynasty who became queen of Poland as the wife of Mieszko II Lambert. Her Polish marriage was arranged to s ...
(died 1063), daughter of Count Palatine Ezzo of Lotharingia and niece of Emperor Otto III. and wife of Polish King
Mieszko II Lambert
Mieszko II Lambert (; c. 990 – 10/11 May 1034) was King of Poland from 1025 to 1031, and Duke from 1032 until his death.
He was the second son of Bolesław I the Brave, but the eldest born from his third wife Emnilda of Lusatia. He was prob ...
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Richenza of Northeim
Richenza of Northeim (c. 1087/1089 – 10 June 1141) was Duchess of Saxony from 1106, Queen of Germany from 1125 and Holy Roman Empress from 1133 as the wife of Lothair of Supplinburg.
Family
She was the daughter of Count Henry the Fat of North ...
, a member of the dynasty of the Counts of Northeim, and a German Empress.
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Richeza Magnusdotter of Sweden
Rikissa Magnusdotter of Sweden (ca 1285 – 17 December 1348) was a Swedish princess.
She was the daughter of King Magnus III of Sweden (''Magnus Ladulås'') and his Queen consort Hedwig of Holstein
Hedwig of HolsteinPhilip Line, ''Kingship and ...
(1285-1348)
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Richeza of Sweden, Duchess of Poland
Richeza of Sweden ( sv, Rikissa Valdemarsdotter, pl, Ryksa szwedzka, Ryksa Waldemarówna; born between 1265 and 1270 – died before 1292), was a Swedish princess member of the House of Bjelbo and by marriage Duchess of Greater Poland during 128 ...
(1270-1292)
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