Ludmilla of Bohemia

Duchess consort of Bavaria (died 1240)

Not to be confused with Ludmila of Bohemia.

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Ludmilla of Bohemia

Duchess consort of Bavaria
Tenure| 1204 – 1231

Born| c. 1170
Bohemia
Died| 14 August 1240
Seligenthal convent, Landshut
Burial|

Seligenthal convent, Landshut

Spouse| Adalbert VI, Count of Bogen
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
Issue| Berthold IV, Count of Bogen
Albert IV, Count of Bogen
Diepold of Bogen
Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Dynasty| Přemyslid
Father| Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
Mother| Elisabeth of Hungary

Ludmilla (Ludmiła) of Bohemia (died 14 August 1240) was a daughter of Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, and his wife, Elizabeth of Hungary. Ludmilla was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty. She was Duchess consort of Bavaria by her marriage to Louis I, Duke of Bavaria.

## Family

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Ludmilla was the third of six children born to her parents. Her siblings were Helena of Bohemia, betrothed to Manuel I Komnenos but never married, and Sophia of Bohemia, wife of Albert, Margrave of Meissen. The rest of Ludmilla's siblings were short-lived or died in early adulthood.

Ludmilla's paternal grandparents were Vladislaus II of Bohemia and his first wife Gertrude of Babenberg. Her maternal grandparents were Géza II of Hungary and his wife Euphrosyne of Kiev.

Geza was son of Béla II of Hungary and his wife Helena of Raška.

Bela was son of Prince Álmos and his wife Predslava of Kiev, who was daughter of Sviatopolk II of Kiev and an unknown Bohemian princess.

## Marriages

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Ludmilla married twice and had issue in both of her marriages. Her first marriage was to Count Albert III of Bogen, making Ludmilla Countess of Bogen. The couple had three children from their marriage, all sons:

* Berthold IV, Count of Bogen (d. 1218) married Kunigunda of Hirschberg, no known issue.
* Albert IV, Count of Bogen (d. 1242) married Richeza of Dillingen.
* Diepold of Bogen (d. 1219) a priest in Regensburg.

Albert died in 1197 and was succeeded by his eldest son with Ludmilla, Berthold.

Ludmilla then married Louis I, Duke of Bavaria,[1] (also known as Ludwig[2]) a former enemy of her first husband. The marriage was good for Louis because it created an alliance with Ludmilla's uncle, Ottokar I of Bohemia. The couple had one son:

* Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (7 April 1206 – 29 November 1253), next Duke of Bavaria.[3]

Louis and Ludmilla tried to find a suitable bride for their only child. Otto married Agnes of the Palatinate in 1222. Within time, Agnes' closer relatives died and she became Countess of Palatinate, which became part of the Bavarian inheritance, starting with Ludmilla's grandson, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria.

## Widowhood

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Louis was murdered in 1231 on a bridge in Kelheim.[4] The crime was never cleared up since the murderer was immediately lynched. Due to the following aversion of the Wittelsbach family the city of Kelheim lost its status as one of the ducal residences. Louis was buried in the crypt of Scheyern Abbey.

Ludmilla lived to see the birth of four or five grandchildren from Otto and Agnes: Louis II, Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Sophie and Agnes.

Ludmilla founded the Seligenthal convent, on the land of the hospital of the Holy Ghost near Landshut, Niederbayern, in 1232, as an independent foundation.[5] It was the first female Cistercian order in Bavaria and the convent and church were completed by 1259.[6] She remained here for the rest of her days. Ludmilla died there 14 August 1240 and her body was buried there.[citation needed]

## Ancestors

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Ancestors of Ludmilla of Bohemia

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| 8\. Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia|

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| 17\. Świętosława of Poland

| 4\. Vladislaus II of Bohemia|

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| 18\. Henry I of Berg-Schelklingen

| 9\. Richeza of Berg|

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| 19\. Adelheid of Mochental

| 2\. Frederick, Duke of Bohemia|

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| 20\. Leopold II, Margrave of Austria

| 10\. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria|

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| 21\. Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg

| 5\. Gertrude of Babenberg|

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| 22\. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

| 11\. Agnes of Germany|

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| 23\. Bertha of Savoy

| 1\. Ludmilla of Bohemia|
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| 24\. Álmos of Hungary

| 12\. Béla II of Hungary|

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| 25\. Predslava of Kiev

| 6\. Géza II of Hungary|

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| 26\. Uroš I of Rascia

| 13\. Helena of Raška|

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| 27\. Anna Diogenissa

| 3\. Elisabeth of Hungary|

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| 28\. Vladimir II Monomakh

| 14\. Mstislav I of Kiev|

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| 29\. Gytha of Wessex

| 7\. Euphrosyne of Kiev|

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| 30\. Dmitry Zavidich

| 15\. Liubava Dmitrievna|

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## References

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1. ^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah (1999). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications. p. 116\. ISBN 978-0-7876-4080-4.
2. ^ Jaspert, Nikolas (2019). Queens, Princesses and Mendicants: Close Relations in a European Perspective. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-643-91092-9.
3. ^ Mueller, Steven (2007). The Wittelsbach Dynasty. Waldmann Press. p. 8\. ISBN 978-0-9702576-3-5.
4. ^ Harings, Egon (2018-08-17). Germany before and after the Thirty Years' War: From Martin Luther to the French Revolution. tredition. ISBN 978-3-7469-6128-6.
5. ^ University of St Andrews: Monastic Matrix. "Seligenthal". arts.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
6. ^ Victoria and Albert Museum. Agnes, Duchess of Lower Bavaria ca. 1309-1314, retrieved 14 September 2024.

Preceded by

Agnes of Loon

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1204–1231  | Succeeded by

Agnes of the Palatinate

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