Judith
von Schweinfurt
formerly Schweinfurt aka Jitka ze Schweinfurtu, ze Svinibrodu, Česká kněžna
Born before in Nordgau, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Ancestors 
Daughter of Heinrich Schweinfurt
and Gerberga (Gleiberg) von Gleiberg
Sister of
Heinrich (Pegnitz) an der Pegnitz, Otto (Schweinfurt) von Schweinfurt, Eilica (Schweinfurt) von Sachsen, Maria (Schweinfurt) von Schweinfurt, Burchard (Von Schweinfurt) Schweinfurt, Unknown (Von Schweinfurt) Schweinfurt, Heinrich (Schweinfurt) van Schweinfurt, Unknown (Von Schweinfurt) Schweinfurt and Unknown (Von Schweinfurt) Schweinfurt
Wife of
Peter (Orseolo) of Hungary
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Wife of
Břetislav (Přemyslovci) z Čechy
— married
1021 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Spytihněv (Přemyslovci) z Čechy, Vratislav (Bohemia) z Čechy, Konrád (Duke of Moravia) Brněnský, Dymuta (Princess of Bohemia) Bohemia, Jaromír (Přemyslovci) z Čechy and Ota (Duke of Moravia) Olomoucký
Died
after age 55
in Magyar Királyság
Profile last modified
| Created 20 May 2011
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Judith Schweinfurt was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
Judith von Schweinfurt was the daughter of Heinrich von Schweinfurt, Markgraf auf dem bayerischen Nordgau, and Gerberga. The identity of her mother is debated, she could have been Gerberga von Hammerstein following Charles Cawley[1] based on his interpretation of Thietmar,[2] or the daughter of Otto, Graf im Grabfeld.[3] Judith was born before 1003.
In 1021 Břetislav I of Bohemia apparently abducted her from the monastery dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul in Schweinfurt, supposedly because his illegitimacy prevented a normal courtship.[4] This may very well just have been a pro forma abduction as there were no repercussions and Judith "brought castle and dominion Kronach as dowry into the marriage."[5]
Cosmas of Prague writes that after Břetislav’s death in 1055 she was exiled by her oldest son Spytihněv and went to Hungary where she died in 1058. Her body was brought back to Bohemia by her son Vratislav and buried in the St. Vitus Cathedral next to her husband. Also according to Cosmas of Prague while in Hungary she married Peter Orseolo, deposed king of Hungary, to spite her son and all Bohemians.[6] This appears to be a fabrication as such a marriage is nowhere else noted and Hungarian sources are quite uniform in reporting that Peter died shortly after his overthrow in 1046/47.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Medieval Lands
- ↑ Dithmari Chronicon, p. 127
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, III.1, T. 54, 1984
- ↑ Annalista Saxo, Monumenta Germaniae Historica
- ↑ Stolberg-Wernigerode, Otto zu: Neue deutsche Biographie, Bd.: 24, Schwarz - Stader, Berlin, 2010
- ↑ Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Boemorum, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, p. 108
- ↑ For a discussion of this issue see Kritische Studien zur älteren Geschichte Böhmens von J Loserth in: Mittheilungen des Instituts für Oesterreichische Geschichtsforschung, Volume 5, Wagner'sche Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1884 – Austria
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Helmut Jungschaffer
Helmut Jungschaffer
Van Schweinfurt-4 and Schweinfurt-1 appear to represent the same person because: Heinrich von Schweinfurt and Gerberga had only one daughter with the name Judith.
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by Helmut Jungschaffer
Rejected matches › Eilica (Schweinfurt) von Sachsen (abt.1005-1059)
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