German Royalty. Duchess of Swabia, German Queen, and Roman Empress. She was born on a 11 November either in 989, 990 or (as her grave says) in 999. She was the daughter of Hermann II of Swabia and Gerberge of Burgundy. Her mother was a granddaughter of Louis IV "d'Outre Mer" and Gerberge of Saxony. She is described as beautiful, intelligent and was the heiress of a sizable fortune. She first married around 1002 Bruno of Brunswick. Around 1010 she married Duke Ernst I of Swabia and became the mother of the later Dukes Ernst II and Hermann IV. In 1016 she was married to Konrad II and was crowned queen in Cologne in September 1024. In 1027 they received the imperial crown from Pope John XIX in Rome. She gave birth to three children in this third marriage. Heinrich, born in 1017, would later become Emperor Heinrich II, and their daughter Mathilde married later King Henri I of France. Beatrix, their third child, only lived for six years.
German Royalty. Duchess of Swabia, German Queen, and Roman Empress. She was born on a 11 November either in 989, 990 or (as her grave says) in 999. She was the daughter of Hermann II of Swabia and Gerberge of Burgundy. Her mother was a granddaughter of Louis IV "d'Outre Mer" and Gerberge of Saxony. She is described as beautiful, intelligent and was the heiress of a sizable fortune. She first married around 1002 Bruno of Brunswick. Around 1010 she married Duke Ernst I of Swabia and became the mother of the later Dukes Ernst II and Hermann IV. In 1016 she was married to Konrad II and was crowned queen in Cologne in September 1024. In 1027 they received the imperial crown from Pope John XIX in Rome. She gave birth to three children in this third marriage. Heinrich, born in 1017, would later become Emperor Heinrich II, and their daughter Mathilde married later King Henri I of France. Beatrix, their third child, only lived for six years.
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