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Birth:          19 May 1100 Bavaria
Death:          27 Aug 1130 

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d 22 Feb 1130/1135
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Bavaria,_Duchess_of_Swabia
Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia (19 May 1100 – 27 Aug 1130[1]) was a Duchess 
of Swabia by marriage to Frederick II, Duke of Swabia. She was the mother of 
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, known to history as "Barbarossa".
Life[edit]

Judith was born 19 May 1100, the eldest daughter of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria and 
Wulfhilde of Saxony, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and Sophia of Hungary, 
and thereby a member of the powerful German House of Welf. She had three brothers 
Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, Conrad, and Welf; and three sisters, Sophia, Matilda, and 
Wulfhild. The Historia Welforum names in order Iuditham, Mahtildem, Sophium, and 
Wulfildem as the four daughters of Henricus dux ex Wulfilde.[2] This is evidence that 
Judith was the eldest daughter. She had in addition to her seven legitimate siblings, 
one half-brother, Adalbert, born of her father's relationship with an unnamed mistress.

Duchess of Swabia[edit]

On an unknown date between 1119 and 1121, she married as his first wife, Frederick 
II, Duke of Swabia (1090 – 6  April 1147); this dynastic marriage united the House of 
Welf and the House of Hohenstaufen, the two most powerful and influential families in 
Germany. The Historia Welforum specified that Judith married Friderico Suevorum 
duci,[3] but did not mention the date.

In 1125, her father initially supported the candidacy of her husband to succeed 
Emperor Henry V as King of Germany, however he eventually switched his support to 
Lothar III, Holy Roman Emperor. The defection of Judith's father created an enmity 
between the Welfs and the Swabians that would have far-reaching consequences in 
Germany which would last throughout the 12th century.[4] It is not known how this 
affected relations between Judith and her husband. It is curious to note that no further 
children were born to the couple after the birth of their daughter Bertha in 1123.

She died on 27 Aug 1130 and was buried at Waldburg in Heiligen Forst, Alsace.[5] 
Shortly after Judith's death Frederick married as his second wife, Agnes of 
Saarbrücken.

Issue[edit]

She had two children:[6]
Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (1122 – 10 June 1190), married on 9 
June 1156 Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, by whom he had 12 children.
Bertha (Judith) of Swabia (1123 – 18 October 1194/25 March 1195), married in 1138[7] 
Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine, by whom she had seven children.

Parents
____ Henry (Heinrich) (Welf) IX "the Black" (1074 - 13 Dec 1126)
OF SAXONY Ulfhild (Wolfhildis) (1072 - 29 Dec 1126)

Siblings
OF BAVARIA Judith (19 May 1100 - 27 Aug 1130)
____ Henry X ("the Proud") (ABT 1108 - 20 Oct 1139)

Marriage To VON HOHENSTAUFEN Friedrich II (1090 - 6 Apr 1147)
    m. 1121 

Notes

Parents
____ Frederick (Friedrich) I (ABT 1050 - 6 Apr 1105)
OF FRANCONIA Agnes (ABT 1073 - 24 Sep 1143)

Children by VON HOHENSTAUFEN Friedrich II 1090 - 6 Apr 1147
____ Frederick (Friedrich) III "Barbarossa" (1122 - 10 Jun 1190)
VON HOHENSTAUFEN Judith (occ. Bertha) (EST 1124 - )

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