Sophia of Wittelsbach

German noble

Sophia of Wittelsbach

Picture of Sophia in the Elisabeth psalter

Born| 1170
Died| 1238 (aged 67-68)
Noble family| House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)| Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Issue|

* Louis IV
* Conrad
* Henry Raspe

Father| Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Mother| Agnes of Loon

Sophia of Wittelsbach (1170–1238) was a daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, who was Count Palatine and later Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Agnes of Loon.

In 1196, Sophia married Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia; she was his second wife. They had the following children:

* Irmgard (b. 1197), married in 1211 to Count Henry I of Anhalt
* Louis IV (1200–1227)
* Herman (1202–1216)
* Conrad (1204–1247), grand master of the Teutonic Knights
* Henry Raspe (1204–1247)
* Agnes, married twice:
1. in 1225 to Henry "the Profane" of Babenberg (1208–1228), a son of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
2. in 1229 to Duke Albert I of Saxony (c. 1175 - 1261)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

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