Agnes von Sachsen was the daughter of Heinrich von Sachsen, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Pfalzgraf bei Rhein) and his first wife Agnes von Staufen[1].
She married Otto von Bayern at Worms in May 1222. He succeeded his father as Otto II, Duke of Bavaria in 1231. They had issue:
Agnes died on 16 November 1267 and was buried at Scheyern[1].
Agnes of the Palatinate (1201–1267) was a daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine and his first wife Agnes, daughter of Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Agnes was Duchess of Bavaria by her marriage to Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria[3].
Agnes married Otto II at Worms when he came of age in 1222. With this marriage, the Wittelsbach family inherited Palatinate and kept it as a Wittelsbach possession until 1918. [3].
In 1231 upon the death of Otto's father, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Otto and Agnes became Duke and Duchess of Bavaria[3].
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