Judith of Babenberg
| Judith of Babenberg | |
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| Marchioness of Montferrat | |
An imaginary portrait of Judith of Babenberg, painted by Hans Part in 1490, as part of the Genealogy of the Babenberg Ladies at Klosterneuburg Abbey, founded by her parents. The inscription misnames her husband as "Renier".
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| Spouse(s) | William V of Montferrat |
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Issue
William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon
Conrad of Montferrat Boniface of Montferrat Frederick of Montferrat, Bishop of Alba Renier of Montferrat Agnes, Countess of Modigliana Azalaïs, Marchioness of Saluzzo |
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| Noble family |
House of Babenberg (by birth) House of Aleramici (by marriage) |
| Father | Leopold III, Margrave of Austria |
| Mother | Agnes of Germany |
| Born | c. late 1110s/1120 |
| Died | After 1168 |
Judith (or Jutta, sometimes called Julitta or Ita in Latin sources; c. 1115/1120 – after 1168), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Marchioness of Montferrat from 1135 until her death, by her marriage with Marquess William V.
She was a daughter of Margrave Leopold III of Austria (1073–1136), from his second marriage with Agnes (1072–1143), the only daughter of the Salian emperor Henry IV. She thereby was a niece of Emperor Henry V, the chronicler Otto of Freising was one of her older brothers. King Conrad III of Germany was her half-brother from her mother's first marriage with the Hohenstaufen duke Frederick I of Swabia; Emperor Frederick Barbarossa was her nephew.
By his marriage, Judith's father Leopold had climbed into the first row of Imperial princes. In 1125 he even was one of the possible candidates in the election as King of the Romans, he nevertheless forwent in favour of his stepson Duke Frederick II of Swabia.
About 1133, Judith married the Aleramici marquess William V of Montferrat (d. 1191), by whom she bore at least eight children. The Aleramici were among the leading dynasties in the Crusades; William accompanied his nephew King Louis VII of France on the Second Crusade of 1147. Of Judith's five sons, four became prominent in the affairs of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of Byzantium:
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