Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia

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Gertrude of Babenberg
File:Doksany Convent CZ sculpture of Mary with Duchess Gertruda 140.jpg
Sculptural group of Virgin Mary and Duchess Gertruda in second courtyard of female Premonstratensian convent in Doksany, Litoměřice District, Czech Republic. The sculpture was commissioned in 1744 for 600th anniversary of foundation of the Convent by Vladislav II, Duke of Bohemia, and his spouse Gertruda of Babenberg.
Spouse(s) Vladislav II of Bohemia
Noble family House of Babenberg
Father Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
Mother Agnes of Germany
Born c. 1118
Died 8 April 1150(1150-04-08)
Prague

Gertrude of Babenberg (c. 1118 – 8 April 1150) was the first wife of Vladislaus II of Bohemia and a Duchess of Bohemia. She was the daughter of count Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, and his wife Agnes of Germany.

Gertrude married the Duke of Bohemia in 1140. Through her mother, she was a half-sister of Conrad III of Germany, thus a good catch for Vladislaus. At the time of siege of Prague by Conrad II of Znojmo (1142), she successfully defended Prague Castle with the help of her brother-in-law Děpold while Vladislaus sought assistance from Conrad III of Germany.

She participated in projects of her husband Vladislaus to found new religious institutions and due to her encouragement, the duke invited foreign religious orders to establish themselves in Bohemia. She gave birth to four children and died in 1150 at the age of 30 in Prague.

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Ancestry

Family of Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Adalbert, Margrave of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Ernst, Margrave of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Frozza Orseolo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Leopold II, Margrave of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Adelaide of Eilenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Oda of Lusatia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Rapoto IV of Cham
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Mathilde
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Gertrude of Babenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Gisela of Swabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. William V, Duke of Aquitaine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Agnes of Poitou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Agnes of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Agnes of Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Umberto I, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Otto I, Count of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Ancilla of Lenzburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Bertha of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Ulric Manfred II of Turin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Adelaide of Susa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Bertha of Milan
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia
Born: c. 1118 Died: 8 April 1150
Royal titles
Preceded by Duchess consort of Bohemia
1140–1150		 Succeeded by
Judith of Thuringia
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