Agnes of Aquitaine (c.1052 – after 18 June 1089) was a
Countess consort of Savoy and possibly
Queen consort of Aragon
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. She was a daughter of William of Poitou, speculated to be
William VII, Duke of Aquitaine,
[C. W. Previte-Orton, ''The Early History of the House of Savoy'', (Cambridge University Press, 1912), 231.] whose wife Ermesinde would then have been her mother.
Life
Possible wife of Ramiro I of Aragon
Agnes became a popular name in the
House of Poitiers
The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French dynasty of Frankish origin ruling the County of Poitou and Duchy of Aquitaine in the 9th through 12th centuries. Their power base shifted from Toulouse to Poitou. In the early 10th cent ...
following the marriage of
William V, Duke of Aquitaine to
Agnes of Burgundy. Three Aquitainian women sharing the name Agnes are known to have married Iberian monarchs, and a fourth Iberian consort also named Agnes has been speculated to have been Aquitainian.
Ramiro I of Aragon
Ramiro I (bef. 10078 May 1063) was the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his death. His kingdomship was petit, and unfederated, which was sometimes referred to as a petty kingdom. Although his legacy was a minor kingdom, he would expand th ...
married a second wife named
Agnes, who based on the name is believed to be of Aquitainian origins. The woman's parentage is disputed; she may have been daughter of
William VI, Duke of Aquitaine or his half-brother
William VII, Duke of Aquitaine. It is believed by some that Duke William VI died childless. Likewise, unlike William VII, he was only step-son of
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, and hence less likely to name a daughter for her. On the other hand, any child of Duke William VII would have been no older than about six years old at the time of Ramiro's marriage, which could explain the lack of children born to Ramiro and his second wife.
Ramiro I died on 8 May 1063 leaving as widow this wife who is not again seen in Aragon. Since this was the year before Agnes, proposed as daughter of William VII, married Peter of Savoy, it allows them to have been the same person, though no direct evidence attests to this.
Countess of Savoy
In 1064, Agnes married
Peter I, Count of Savoy.
Three children are assigned to Peter and Agnes:
*Agnes (c. 1066 – after 13 March 1110) married
Frederick of Montbéliard Frederick may refer to:
People
* Frederick (given name), the name
Given name
Nobility
= Anhalt-Harzgerode =
*Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670)
= Austria =
* Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from ...
and had issue
*Alix (died after 21 December 1099) married
Boniface del Vasto
Boniface del Vasto (''c.'' 1055 – ''c.'' 1125) was the margrave of Savona and Western Liguria from 1084 to ''c.'' 1125. He was the son and successor of Otto and of Bertha, daughter of Ulric Manfred II of Turin. Boniface was a member of the Ale ...
and had issue.
*(hypothesized)
Bertha (c. 1075 – before 1111) married
Peter I of Aragon, a grandson of Ramiro I. The prior marriage of Agnes would have provided the political context for this marriage. Bertha had no known issue.
Peter died on July 9, 1078, leaving Agnes a widow. A charter confirms that Agnes, widow of Count Peter was still alive in June 1089.
[Carutti, D. (1889) Regesta comitum Sabaudiæ, marchionum in Italia (Turin) ("Regesta comitum Sabaudiæ"), CCXV, p. 76]
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References
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1050s births
1089 deaths
11th-century Italian nobility
Countesses of Savoy
House of Poitiers
11th-century Italian women