Brief Life History of Salomea of Berg
When Salomea of Berg was born in 1090, in Schelklingen, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Henry I Count of Berg, was 17 and her mother, Adelaide of Mochental, was 13. She married Ksiażę Bolesław Krzywousty III in 1115, in Poland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 27 July 1144, in Łęczyca, Łódź, Poland, at the age of 54, and was buried in Płock, Masovia, Poland.
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- Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, „Find A Grave Index“
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - SALOME (before 1101-27 Jul 1144).
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - SALOME von Berg, daughter of HEINRICH Graf von Berg & his wife Adelheid von Mochental (before 1101-27 Jul 1144).
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Name Meaning
form of an unrecorded Aramaic name, akin to the Hebrew word shalom ‘peace’. It was common at the time of Christ, and was borne by one of the women who were at his tomb and witnessed the Resurrection (Mark 16:1–8). This would normally have led to its common use as a Christian name, and it is indeed found as such in medieval times. However, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, it was also the name of King Herod's stepdaughter, the daughter of Queen Herodias. In the Bible, a daughter of Herodias, generally identified as this Salome, danced for Herod and so pleased him that he offered to give her anything she wanted. Prompted by her mother, she asked for (and got) the head of John the Baptist, who was in one of Herod's prisons (Mark 6:17–28). This story so gripped medieval imagination that the name Salome became more or less taboo until the end of the 19th century, when Oscar Wilde wrote a play about her and some unconventional souls began to choose the name for their daughters.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SWABIAN%20NOBILITY.htm#HeinrichBergdiedbefore1116 as of 4/25/2016 SALOME (before 1101-27 Jul 1144). The Chronica Boemorum names "Almuse" as wife of "dux Bo …
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