Judith of Swabia | |
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Queen consort of Hungary | |
Tenure | 1063–1074 |
Predecessor | Richeza of Poland |
Successor | Synadene |
Duchess consort of Poland | |
Tenure | 1089–1102 |
Predecessor | Zbyslava of Kiev |
Successor | Judith of Bohemia |
Born | Summer 1054 Goslar(?), Saxony, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 14 March 1105? |
Spouse |
Solomon, King of Hungary Władysław I Herman |
Issue | Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg |
House | Salian dynasty |
Father | Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor |
Mother | Agnes of Poitou |
Judith of Swabia (Hungarian: Sváb Judit, Polish: Judyta Szwabska; Summer 1054 – 14 March ca. 1105?), a member of the Salian dynasty, was the youngest daughter of Emperor Henry III from his second marriage with Agnes of Poitou. By her two marriages she was Queen of Hungary from 1063 to 1074 and Duchess of Poland from 1089 to 1102.
Born probably at the Imperial Palace of Goslar, Judith (also named Judith Maria or Judith Sophia in some sources) was the youngest of the six children born to Emperor Henry III and Empress Agnes, a daughter of the French duke William V of Aquitaine. Among her older siblings were Adelaide, who became Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gandersheim, Gisela, who died in infancy before Judith's birth, and Matilda, the later wife of the Swabian duke and anti-king Rudolf of Rheinfelden, as well as her brother Henry IV, who succeded their father as Holy Roman Emperor in 1056, and Conrad II, who also died in infancy. In addition, Judith had an older half-sister, Beatrix, Abbess of Quedlinburg and Gandersheim, born from her father's first marriage with Princess Gunhilda of Denmark.