Agnes of Babenberg
| Agnes of Babenberg | |
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| High Duchess consort of Poland | |
| Reign | 1138–1146 |
| Predecessor | Salomea of Berg |
| Successor | Viacheslava of Novgorod |
| Duchess consort of Silesia | |
| Reign | 1138–1146 |
| Predecessor | new creation |
| Successor | Viacheslava of Novgorod |
| Born | c. 1108/1113 |
| Died | 24/25 January 1163 Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Burial | Pforta Abbey |
| Spouse | Władysław II the Exile |
| Issue |
Bolesław I the Tall Mieszko I Tanglefoot Richeza, Queen of Castile Konrad Spindleshanks |
| House |
House of Babenberg (by birth) House of Piast (by marriage) |
| Father | Leopold III, Margrave of Austria |
| Mother | Agnes of Germany |
Not to be confused with Agnes of Brandenburg
Agnes of Babenberg (German: Agnes von Babenberg, Polish: Agnieszka Babenberg; b. ca. 1108/13 – d. 24/25 January 1163), was a German noblewoman, a scion of the Franconian House of Babenberg and by marriage High Duchess of Poland and Duchess of Silesia.
She was a daughter of Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, by his second wife, Agnes, second but eldest surviving daughter of Emperor Henry IV.
Through her mother, Agnes was a descendant of the Salian Dynasty, which ruled the Holy Roman Empire since 1024 until her maternal uncle, Emperor Henry V, died without issue in 1125. She was the half-sister of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, and Conrad III, King of Germany since 1138 (both born from her mother's first marriage with Frederick I, Duke of Swabia). Of her full-siblings, one sister Judith married Marquess William V of Montferrat and one brother was Bishop Otto of Freising, a renowned medieval chronicler.
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