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Agnes of Poitou (c. 1025 – 14 December 1077) was the queen of Germany from 1043 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1046 until 1056 as the wife of Emperor Henry III. From 1056 to 1061, she ruled the Holy Roman Empire as regent during the minority of their son Henry IV.
Agnes of Poitou was the queen of Germany from 1043 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1046 until 1056 as the wife of Emperor Henry III. From 1056 to 1061, she ruled the Holy Roman Empire as regent during the minority of their son Henry IV.
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Born in 1052; died on June 6, 1078; daughter of Guillaume also known as William VIII (or VI), duke of Aquitaine; became first wife of Alphonso VI (c. 1030–1109), king of Leon (r. 1065–1070, 1072–1109) and Castile (r. 1072–1109), in 1069 (divorced 1077).
Agnes of Poitou was the second wife of the Holy Roman emperor Henry III. She was regent (1056–62) during the minority of her son, the future Henry IV. Agnes was a daughter of William V the Great, duke of Aquitaine, and was a descendant of the kings of Burgundy and Italy. She married Henry III on.
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Dec 31, 2023 · Age 53. Burial of Agnes of Poitou. Basilica di San Pietro, Roma, Vaticano. Genealogy for Agnès (1024 - 1077) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
- Aquitaine, France
- 1024
When Agnès de Poitiers was born on 30 October 1025, in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France, her father, Guillaume V duc d'Aquitaine Le Grand, was 56 and her mother, Agnès de Bourgogne, was 29.
Agnes of Poitou (1024–1077)Holy Roman Empress and regent whose court attracted Europe's most creative minds to Germany. Name variations: Agnes of Aquitaine; Agnes of Bavaria; Agnes of Germany; Agnes of Guienne.
