Frozza Orseolo

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Frozza Orseolo
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Frozza's image on the Babenberg family tree
Spouse(s) Adalbert, Margrave of Austria
Issue
Father Otto Orseolo
Mother Grimelda of Hungary
Born 1015
Died 17 February 1071

Frozza Orseolo (1015 - 17 February 1071) was the third royal consort of Austria.

Family

Frozza was a daughter of Otto Orseolo,[1] Doge of Venice, and granddaughter of Pietro II Orseolo.[2] Her brother was Peter, King of Hungary,[3] and she was possibly a sister-in-law of Judith of Schweinfurt.

She married Adalbert, Margrave of Austria and later took the name of Adelheid and bore a son Ernest, Margrave of Austria.[4]

References

  1. Norwich, John Julius. (1982). A History of Venice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  2. Hazlitt, W. Carew. (1915). The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, its Growth, and its Fall. A.D. 409–1797. London: Adam and Charles Black. LOC DG676 .H43
  3. Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: Az Árpád-ház uralkodói (IPC Könyvek, 1996)
  4. Dümmerth Dezső: Az Árpádok nyomában. Panoráma Kiadó 1977.