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Judith of Schweinfurt (Czech: Jitka ze Schweinfurtu / in old Czech: Jitka ze Svinibrodu; before 1003 – 2 August 1058) was Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1034 until 1055, by her marriage with the Přemyslid duke Bretislav I.
The family, in which Judith of Schweinfurt became a central figure in the history of the old Schweinfurt city, died in the male line of 1057 and at the latest this year marks the undisputed end of the important role of the Margraves of Schweinfurt.
Bretislav kidnapping his future wife Judith of Schweinfurt from a monastery, from the Chronicle of Dalimil. Bretislav married Judith, the daughter of Margrave Henry of Schweinfurt. The House of Přemysl wished to confirm its good relationship with the Babenbergs through a marriage to Judith in 1020.
When Judith von Schweinfurt was born in 1035, her father, Otto II. von Schwaben, was 41 and her mother, Immilla di Susa, was 15. She married Botho von Pottenstein in 1056. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in January 1103, in Pottenstein, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 68.
Brief Life History of Judith. When Judith von Schweinfurt was born before 1003, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Heinrich Markgraf von Schweinfurt, was 32 and her mother, Gerberga von Gleiberg, was 32. She married Bretislav I Duke Of Bohemia Duke Of Moravia about 1020, in Czechoslovakia.
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- Bretislav I
Wikipedia. Name in native language. Judith von Schweinfurt. Date of birth. 1003. Schweinfurt. Date of death. 2 August 1058. Znojmo ( Margraviate of Moravia)
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Judith of Schweinfurt (Czech: Jitka ze Schweinfurtu / in old Czech: Jitka ze Svinibrodu; before 1003 – 2 August 1058) was Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1034 until 1055, by her marriage with the Přemyslid duke Bretislav I.
