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Theodoric I, Margrave of Lusatia Theodoric I (german: Dietrich von Landsberg; – 9 February 1185), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Lusatia from 1156 until his death. Life Theoderic was the second surviving son of the Wettin margrave Conrad of Meissen. His ol ...
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, house-type = dynasty , father =
Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth ( pl, Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between ...
, mother = Salomea of Berg , birth_date = before 1136 , birth_place = , christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = around 1160 or later , death_place = , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion = , occupation = , memorials = , website = , module = Dobroniega Ludgarda of Poland (b. before 1136, d. around 1160 or later) was a Polish princess,
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of
Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...
by marriage to
Theodoric I, Margrave of Lusatia Theodoric I (german: Dietrich von Landsberg; – 9 February 1185), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Lusatia from 1156 until his death. Life Theoderic was the second surviving son of the Wettin margrave Conrad of Meissen. His ol ...
. She was the daughter of
Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth ( pl, Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between ...
, Duke of
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, and Salomea of Berg, daughter of Henry, Count of Berg, and as such a member of the
House of Piast The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 930–992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of king Casimir III the Great. Branc ...
. Around 1147 (according to older historiography around 1142) she married
Theodoric Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Overview The name ...
, second surviving son of
Conrad, Margrave of Meissen Conrad I ( – 5 February 1157), called the Great (german: Konrad der Große), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156. Initially a Saxon count, he became t ...
and
Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...
. After bearing two children she was abandoned by her husband.


Early life

Dobroniega Ludgarda is named by '' Chronicon Montis Sereni'' and '' Genealogia Wettinensis'' as a sister of
Mieszko III the Old Mieszko III the Old (c. 1126/27 – 13 March 1202), of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death. He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesła ...
.{{cite book, last1=Jasiński, first1=Kazimierz, title=Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, date=1992, publisher=Uniwersytet Wrocławski - Oficyna Wydawnicza VOLUMEN, location=Warszawa - Wrocław, isbn=83-85218-32-7, page=251 As Mieszko III was the son of
Bolesław III Wrymouth Bolesław III Wrymouth ( pl, Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between ...
, Duke of
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, by his second wife Salomea, historians considered that Dobroniega Ludgarda had the same parents.{{cite book , last=Maleczyński, first=Karol, authorlink= Karol Maleczyński , title=Polski Słownik Biograficzny , volume=5, year= 1939–1946, publisher=Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności , chapter= Dobronega Ludgarda, page=248 Due to chronology it is impossible for Dobroniega to be a daughter of Bolesław III from his first marriage with
Zbyslava of Kiev Zbyslava of Kiev (russian: Сбыслава Святополковна, pl, Zbysława kijowska; 1085/90 – c. 1114), was a Kievan Rus' princess member of the Rurikid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Poland. She was the daughter of Sviatop ...
. She was named Dobroniega after her paternal great-grandmother,
Maria Dobroniega of Kiev Maria Dobroniega of Kiev (b. aft. 1012 – d. 13 December 1087), was a Kievan Rus' princess of the Rurikid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of Poland. Life Family She was one of the younger children of Vladimir I, Grand Prince of Kiev. The ide ...
. Dobroniega probably took on her second name Ludgarda after marriage with
Theodoric Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Overview The name ...
, son of margrave of Meissen and Lusatia, whose mother was Luitgard (Ludgarda). This hypothesis, formulated by Karol Maleczyński, is widely accepted by historians. No sources mentioned her date of birth. She was one of younger children of Bolesław III and Salomea. According to Karol Maleczyński she was born no later than in 1129 as the tenth child of Bolesław III and Salomea. Historian
Kazimierz Jasiński Kazimierz Jasiński (19 August 1946 – 25 January 2012) was a Polish cyclist. He competed in the Men's Road Race event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as ...
considered that Dobroniega was born probably between 1128 and 1135 as she was probably younger than her husband who was born no earlier than in 1130 and she was married around 1147. There is also a possibility that Dobroniega was the daughter of Bolesław III who was engaged with Konrad von Plötzkau,
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. If this identification was true, Dobroniega was born before 1127. However, historian
Oswald Balzer Oswald Marian Balzer (23 January 1858 in Chodorów – 11 January 1933 in Lwów) was a Polish historian of law and statehood, one of the most renowned Polish historians of his times. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Lwów. Be ...
rejected this possibility, and Kazimierz Jasiński considered that could not be taken seriously, because in this case we would fall ''in a bunch of untestable guesses''.


Marriage

Few years after the death of Bolesław III in 1138 his sons started fighting against each other: on the one side was
Władysław II the Exile : ''This article refers to the 12th century Polish monarch. For the 14th century founder of the Jagiellon dynasty, see Jogaila, and for other monarchs with similar names, see Ladislaus II (disambiguation).'' Vladislaus II the Exile ( pl, Władys ...
, the son from the first marriage, on the other were
Bolesław IV the Curly Bolesław IV the Curly (; 1122 – 5 January 1173), a member of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Masovia from 1138 and High Duke of Poland from 1146 until his death. Early life Bolesław was the third son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Polan ...
and Mieszko the Old, sons from the second marriage. As Władysław was the brother-in-law of
Conrad III Conrad III (german: Konrad; it, Corrado; 1093 or 1094 – 15 February 1152) of the Hohenstaufen dynasty was from 1116 to 1120 Duke of Franconia, from 1127 to 1135 anti-king of his predecessor Lothair III and from 1138 until his death in 1152 ...
, a king of Germany, his younger brothers were looking for allies in the
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. One of them was
Conrad, Margrave of Meissen Conrad I ( – 5 February 1157), called the Great (german: Konrad der Große), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1123 and Margrave of Lusatia from 1136 until his retirement in 1156. Initially a Saxon count, he became t ...
and
Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...
. Younger sons of Bolesław III strengthened the agreement by marrying their sister Dobroniega to
Theodoric Theodoric is a Germanic given name. First attested as a Gothic name in the 5th century, it became widespread in the Germanic-speaking world, not least due to its most famous bearer, Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Overview The name ...
(Dietrich, Dytryk), son of Conrad. The date of the marriage is unknown. According to older historians it was around 1142. Kazimierz Jasiński considered that Bolesław IV and Mieszko III were looking for an ally related to Conrad only from 1146. This ally was mentioned first time in sources in the summer of 1146 when Conrad and
Albert the Bear Albert the Bear (german: Albrecht der Bär; 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first margrave of Brandenburg from 1157 to his death and was briefly duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142. Life Albert was the only son of Otto, Count of Bal ...
,
duke of Saxony This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 6th century to the end of the German monarchies in 1918. The electors of Saxony from John the Steadfast on ...
, conducted negotiations between the Polish princes.{{cite book, last1=Jasiński, first1=Kazimierz, title=Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, date=1992, publisher=Uniwersytet Wrocławski - Oficyna Wydawnicza VOLUMEN, location=Warszawa - Wrocław, isbn=83-85218-32-7, page=252 According to Jasiński, Dobroniega married Theodoric probably around 1147 (between 1146 and 1148). This date is accepted by other historians.{{cite book, author1=Marzec, Andrzej, title=Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny, date=1999, publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie, location=Kraków, isbn=83-08-02829-2, page=95, chapter=Dobroniego Ludgarda On 6 January 1148 Judyta, sister of Dobroniega, married to Otto, son of Albert the Bear. During her marriage she bore two children: a son, Conrad, and a daughter, Gertruda.{{cite book, last1=Jasiński, first1=Kazimierz, title=Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, date=1992, publisher=Uniwersytet Wrocławski - Oficyna Wydawnicza VOLUMEN, location=Warszawa - Wrocław, isbn=83-85218-32-7, page=254 Her husband Theodoric became Margrave of Lusatia in 1156.{{cite web, last1=Lindner, first1=Michael, title=Dietrich (II.) von Landsberg, url=http://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/Dietrich_(II.)_von_Landsberg_(1142-1185), website=Sächsische Biografie, publisher=Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde, access-date=23 October 2017 Theodoric abandoned Dobroniega, but it is unknown when exactly that happened.{{cite book, last1=Jasiński, first1=Kazimierz, title=Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, date=1992, publisher=Uniwersytet Wrocławski - Oficyna Wydawnicza VOLUMEN, location=Warszawa - Wrocław, isbn=83-85218-32-7, page=253 According to ''Chronicon Montis Sereni'' some time afterward Theodoric started a relationship with Cunigunde, the widowed Countess of Plötzkau. Oswald Balzer argued that Theodoric abandoned Dobroniega after 1144, while Kazimierz Jasiński thought that happened later, probably in 1150s.


Death and aftermath

Dobroniega's date of death remains unknown. She died no earlier than around 1160. Otherwise Theodoric could have married his concubine. There is no information where Dobroniega was buried. Her son Conrad was killed in a
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on 17 February 1175, while her daughter Gertruda became a nun in
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.


Footnotes

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References

*{{cite book, last1=Jasiński, first1=Kazimierz, authorlink= Kazimiez Jasiński , title=Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, date=1992, publisher=Uniwersytet Wrocławski - Oficyna Wydawnicza VOLUMEN, location=Warszawa - Wrocław, isbn=83-85218-32-7, page=251 *{{cite book , last=Maleczyński, first=Karol, authorlink= Karol Maleczyński , title=Polski Słownik Biograficzny , volume=5, year= 1939–1946, publisher=Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności , chapter= Dobronega Ludgarda, page=248 {{authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobroniega Ludgara Piast dynasty 12th-century births 1160s deaths Polish princesses 12th-century Polish people 12th-century Polish women