Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany

Queen of Germany from 1298 to 1308

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Elisabeth of Carinthia

Queen Elizabeth, donor portrait, 15th century

Queen consort of the Romans
Tenure| 27 July 1298 – 1 May 1308

Born| c. 1262
Munich, Bavaria
Died| 28 October 1312
Königsfelden, Swabia
Burial|

Saint Paul's Abbey, Carinthia

Spouse| Albert I of Germany
Issue
Detail| Rudolph I of Bohemia
Frederick the Fair
Leopold I, Duke of Austria
Albert II, Duke of Austria
Henry the Gentle
Otto, Duke of Austria
Anna, Margravine of Brandenburg and Duchess of Wrocław
Agnes, Queen of Hungary
Elizabeth, Duchess of Lorraine
Catherine, Duchess of Calabria
House| House of Gorizia
Father| Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia
Mother| Elisabeth of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Carinthia (also known as Elisabeth of Tyrol; c. 1262 – 28 October 1312), was a Duchess of Austria from 1282 and Queen of Germany from 1298 until 1308, by marriage to King Albert I of the House of Habsburg.

## Early life

[edit]

Born in Munich, Bavaria, Elisabeth was the eldest daughter of Count Meinhard of Gorizia-Tyrol,[1] and Elizabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, widow of the late Hohenstaufen King Conrad IV of Germany.

Elizabeth thus was a half-sister of Conradin, King of Jerusalem and Duke of Swabia. Elizabeth was in fact better connected to powerful German rulers than her future husband: a descendant of earlier monarchs, for example Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, she was also a niece of the Bavarian dukes, Austria's important neighbors.

## Duchess and Queen

[edit]

Elisabeth was married in Vienna on 20 December 1274 to Count Albert I of Habsburg,[1] eldest son and heir of the newly elected Rudolf I, King of the Romans, thus becoming daughter-in-law of the King of the Romans and Emperor-to-be. After Rudolf had defeated his rival King Ottokar II of Bohemia in the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld, he invested his son Albert with the duchies of Austria and Styria at the Imperial Diet in Augsburg on 17 December 1282.[2]

Albert initially had to share the rule with his younger brother Rudolf II, who nevertheless had to waive his rights according to the Treaty of Rheinfelden the next year. Duke Albert and Elizabeth solidified their rule in what was to become the Habsburg "hereditary lands", also with the help of Elizabeth's father Meinhard, who in his turn was created Duke of Carinthia by King Rudolf I in 1286.[2]

Elizabeth was described as shrewd and enterprising, in possession of some commercial talents. The construction of the Saline plant in Salzkammergut goes back to her suggestion.

Upon the death of Albert's father in 1291, the princes elected Count Adolf of Nassau German king, while Duke Albert himself became entangled in internal struggles with the Austrian nobility. Not until Adolf's deposition in 1298, Elizabeth's husband was finally elected King of the Romans on 23 June 1298. Two weeks later, Adolf was defeated and killed in the Battle of Göllheim.[3] In 1299, Elizabeth was crowned Queen of the Romans in Nuremberg.

## Later life

[edit]

On 1 May 1308 Albert was murdered by his nephew John Parricida near Windisch, Swabia (in modern Switzerland). Afterward Elisabeth had the Poor Clare monastery of Königsfelden erected at the site, where she also died on 28 October 1312 and was also buried. Today her bones rest at Saint Paul's Abbey in Carinthia.[citation needed]

Königsfelden monastery church

## Issue

[edit]

Elizabeth's and Albert's children were:

1. Anna (1275, Vienna - 19 March 1327, Breslau).
1. married in Graz ca. 1295 to Margrave Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (ca. 1275 - 1308);
2. married in Breslau 1310 to Duke Heinrich VI of Breslau (1294-1335).
2. Agnes (18 May 1281 - 10 June 1364, Königsfelden)
1. married in Vienna on 13 February 1296 to King Andrew III of Hungary (ca. 1265-1301).
3. Rudolf III (ca. 1282 - 4 July 1307), married but line extinct. He predeceased his father.
1. married on 25 May 1300 to Duchess Blanche of France (ca. 1282 - 1305);
2. married in Prague on 16 October 1306 to Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1288 - 1335).
4. Elisabeth (1285 - 19 May 1353).
1. married in 1304 to Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (1282 - 1328).
5. Frederick I (1289 - 13 January 1330).
1. married on 11 May 1315 to Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305 - 1330) but line extinct.
6. Leopold I (4 August 1290 - 28 February 1326, Strassburg).
1. married in 1315 to Catherine of Savoy (1284 - 1336).
7. Catherine (1295 - 18 January 1323, Naples).
1. married in 1316 to Charles, Duke of Calabria (1328 - 1298).
8. Albert II (12 December 1298, Vienna - 20 July 1358, Vienna).
1. married in Vienna on 15 February 1324 to Joanna of Pfirt (ca. 1300 - 1351).
9. Henry the Gentle (1299 - 3 February 1327, Bruck an der Mur).
1. married Countess Elizabeth of Virneburg but line extinct.
10. Meinhard (1300 - 1301).
11. Otto (23 July 1301, Vienna - 26 February 1339, Vienna).
1. married on 15 May 1325 to Elizabeth of Bavaria, Duchess of Austria (ca. 1306 - 1330);
2. married on 16 February 1335 to Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria (1323 - 1338).
12. Jutta (1302 - 5 March 1329).
1. married in Baden 26 March 1319 to Count Ludwig VI of Öttingen.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b Štih 2010, p. 336.
2. ^ a b Lodge 1906, p. 10.
3. ^ Clauss 2010, p. 189.

## Sources

[edit]

* Lodge, Richard (1906). The Close of the Middle Ages, 1272-1494. Rivington.
* Clauss, Martin (2010). "Germany". In Rogers, Clifford J. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 2\. Oxford University Press.
* Štih, Peter (2010). The Middle Ages between the Eastern Alps and the Northern Adriatic. Brill.

Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany

House of Gorizia

Born: c. 1262 Died: 28 October 1312

Royal titles
Preceded by

Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg

|  Queen consort of Germany
1298 – 1308  | Succeeded by

Margaret of Brabant

* v
* t
* e

Queens and empresses of Germany

East Francia during the
Carolingian dynasty (843–911)|

* Hemma
* Liutgard of Saxony
* Richardis
* Ota

East Francia (911–919)
Kingdom of Germany (919–962)|

* Cunigunde of Swabia
* Matilda of Ringelheim
* Eadgyth
* Adelaide of Italy

Kingdom of Germany within the
Holy Roman Empire (962–1806)|

* Adelaide of Italy
* Theophanu
* Cunigunde of Luxembourg
* Gisela of Swabia
* Gunhilda of Denmark
* Agnes of Poitou
* Bertha of Savoy
* Eupraxia of Kiev
* Constance of Sicily
* Matilda of England
* Richenza of Northeim
* Gertrude of Comburg
* Gertrude of Sulzbach
* Adelaide of Vohburg
* Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy
* Constance I of Sicily
* Irene Angelina
* Beatrice of Swabia
* Constance of Aragon
* Margaret of Austria
* Isabella II of Jerusalem
* Isabella of England
* Bianca Lancia
* Elisabeth of Bavaria
* Gertrude of Hohenberg
* Isabella of Burgundy
* Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
* Elisabeth of Carinthia
* Margaret of Brabant
* Beatrice of Silesia
* Isabella of Aragon
* Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut
* Blanche of Valois
* Anne of Bavaria
* Anna von Schweidnitz
* Elizabeth of Pomerania
* Joanna of Bavaria
* Sophia of Bavaria
* Elisabeth of Nuremberg
* Barbara of Cilli
* Elizabeth of Luxembourg
* Eleanor of Portugal
* Bianca Maria Sforza
* Isabella of Portugal
* Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
* Maria of Austria
* Anna of Tyrol
* Eleonora Gonzaga
* Maria Anna of Spain
* Maria Leopoldine of Austria
* Eleonora Gonzaga
* Margaret Theresa of Spain
* Claudia Felicitas of Austria
* Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
* Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick
* Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Maria Amalia of Austria
* Maria Theresa
* Maria Josepha of Bavaria
* Maria Luisa of Spain
* Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

German Empire (1871–1918)|

* Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Victoria of the United Kingdom
* Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein

* v
* t
* e

Royal consorts of Austria

House of Babenberg|

* Richardis of Sualafeldgau
* Glismod of West-Saxony
* Frozza Orseolo
* Adelaide of Eilenburg
* Swanhilde of Ungarnmark
* Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg
* Maria of Perg
* Agnes of Waiblingen
* Maria of Bohemia
* Gertrude of Süpplingenburg
* Theodora Komnene
* Helena of Hungary
* Theodora Angelina
* Agnes of Merania

Interregnum|

* Kunigunda of Halych

House of Habsburg
Austria|

* Gertrude of Hohenberg
* Elisabeth of Carinthia
* Blanche of France
* Elizabeth Richeza of Poland
* Isabella of Aragon
* Catherine of Savoy
* Joanna of Pfirt
* Elizabeth of Bavaria
* Anne of Bohemia
* Catherine of Bohemia
* Viridis Visconti
* Elisabeth of Bohemia
* Beatrice of Nuremberg
* Joanna Sophia of Bavaria
* Elizabeth of Luxembourg
* Eleanor of Portugal
* Bianca Maria Sforza
* Isabella of Portugal
* Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
* Maria of Austria
* Anna of Tyrol
* Eleonora Gonzaga
* Maria Anna of Spain
* Maria Leopoldine of Austria
* Eleonora Gonzaga
* Claudia de' Medici
* Anna de' Medici
* Hedwig of Sulzbach
* Margaret Theresa of Spain
* Claudia Felicitas of Austria
* Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg
* Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick
* Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
* Maria Josepha of Bavaria
* Maria Luisa of Spain
* Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
* Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este
* Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
* Maria Anna of Savoy
* Elisabeth of Bavaria
* Zita of Bourbon-Parma

House of Habsburg
Styria, Carinthia, Carniola|

* Viridis Visconti
* Joanna II of Naples
* Catherine of Burgundy
* Margaret of Pomerania
* Cymburgis of Masovia
* Eleanor of Portugal
* Mechthild of the Palatinate
* Bianca Maria Sforza
* Isabella of Portugal
* Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
* Maria Anna of Bavaria
* Maria Anna of Bavaria

House of Habsburg
Tyrol|

* Catherine of Bohemia
* Viridis Visconti
* Joanna II of Naples
* Elisabeth of the Palatinate
* Anna of Brunswick
* Eleanor of Scotland
* Catherine of Saxony
* Anne of Brittany
* Bianca Maria Sforza
* Isabella of Portugal
* Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
* Anna Juliana Gonzaga
* Anna of Tyrol
* Eleonora Gonzaga
* Claudia de' Medici
* Anna de' Medici
* Hedwig of Sulzbach
* Margaret Theresa of Spain
* Claudia Felicitas of Austria
* Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie

*[c.]: circa
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template