Agnes of Landsberg
| Agnes of Landsberg | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine |
| Noble family | House of Wettin |
| Father | Conrad II, Margrave of Lusatia |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Poland |
| Born | 1192 or 1193 |
| Died | 1266 Wienhausen |
| Buried | Wienhausen Abbey |
Agnes of Landsberg (1192 or 1193 – 1266 in Wienhausen) was a German noblewoman. She was the third child of Conrad II ( 1159-1210), Margrave of Lusatia, and his wife, Elisabeth (c. 1153 – 1209), the daughter of Mieszko III the Old (1126-1202), Duke of Poland. She was a daughter-in-law of Henry the Lion.
Agnes was the youngest daughter of the ruling family of Landsberg. Her elder brother was Conrad (died before 1210); her sister was Matilda (c. 1190 – 1225), who married Margrave Albert II of Brandenburg. Agnes married in 1211 to Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1173 – 28 April 1277 in Brunswick), the eldest son of Henry the Lion.
Ersch and Gruber had this to say about Agnes and her husband:
Henry took possession of Otto's territories after the latter died without heir at the Harzburg in 1218, after a turbulent reign. He handed the Imperial Regalia to Frederick II and retired to Brunswick, where he spent the rest of his life in peace. In 1223, he declared that Otto the Child, the only son of his brother William would be the sole heir of the Welf allodial possessions in Saxony. He died in 1227. He had two daughters and a son by his wife Agnes. He had already transferred the Palatinate to his son, Henry II. However, Henry II died in 1214. It appears that after 1214, Frederick II handed the Palatinate to Duke Louis I, as there are no deeds dated after 1214 in which Henry call himself Count Palatine or takes any action regarding the Palatinate. Henry married his daughter Agnes to Duke Otto the Illustrious of Bavaria and her sister Irmengard to Herman of Baden. There is a theory that the Getrude of Brunswick who married Duke Frederick of Austria may have been a daughter of our Henry. After the death of his beloved Agnes of the Palatinate, Henry remarried to Agnes of Landsberg. From this second marriage, he had no children.
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