Salomea of Berg
| Salomea of Berg | |
|---|---|
| High Duchess consort of Poland | |
| Reign | 1115 – 28 October 1138 |
| Born | ca. 1093/1101 Berg Castle, Ehingen Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 27 July 1144 Łęczyca Kingdom of Poland |
| Issue |
Richeza Bolesław IV the Curly Mieszko III the Old Henry of Sandomierz Dobronega Judith Agnes Casimir II the Just |
| House | Piast (by marriage) |
| Father | Henry, Count of Berg |
| Mother | Adelaide of Mochental |
Salomea of Berg (German: Salome von Berg, Polish: Salomea z Bergu; c. 1099/1101 – 27 July 1144) was a German noblewoman and, by marriage with Prince Bolesław III Wrymouth in 1115, High Duchess of Poland until her husband's death in 1138.
Salomea was the daughter of the Swabian count Henry (c. 1077–1132) of Berg Castle near Ehingen (not to be confused with the Rhenish County of Berg) by his wife Adelaide of Mochental (d. 1125/27), probably a sister of Margrave Diepold III of Vohburg. According to some sources, her paternal grandmother was Princess Sophia, only daughter of King Solomon of Hungary by his wife Judith of Swabia (by her second marriage stepmother of Salome's husband), but this hypothesis has been rejected by modern historiographers.
The marriage of Salome's sister Richeza with Duke Vladislav I of Bohemia in 1110 had changed the status of the relative obscure Count Henry of Berg in political affairs. Another sister, Sophia, was married to a Moravian member of the Přemyslid dynasty, Duke Otto II the Black of Olomouc, in 1113.
The Polish ruler Bolesław III Wrymouth, after he had begun to expand his domains in the Pomerelian region, decided to normalize his relations with his southern Bohemian neighbors. This took place in 1114 at a great convention on the border river Nysa Kłodzka. Participants included Bolesław III himself, as well as the Bohemian and Moravian Dukes of the Přemyslid line: Vladislav I, Otto II the Black and Vladislav's younger brother Soběslav I. It was decided that the Duke of Poland (a widower since 1112) should secondly marry the Swabian noblewoman Salomea, sister of the Duchesses of Bohemia and Olomouc.
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