Agnes (Welf) von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (abt. 1246 - 1327)

Ancestors

Wife of Wizlaw (Rugen) von Rügen — married [date unknown] in Anhalt,Saxony

Descendants

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Biography

Agnes Welf was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Agnes von Braunschweig-Lüneburg was probably the youngest daughter of Otto I Herzog von Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Matilde von Brandenburg. It is not know when she was born but about 1246 is possible.^[1]

She was a Canoness in Quedlinburg in 1263, and then married about 1263-1265, Wizlaw II, Furst von Rügen.^[1]

They had 8 children;^[2]

1. Wizlaw III, who succeeded his father as Furst von Rügen;
2. Jaromar;
3. Sambor,
4. Margareta;
5. Helena;
6. Swentepolk, mentioned 1285;
7. Euphemia,
8. Sophie, mentioned 1302.

Wizlaw II died at Oslo 29 December 1302 and is buried there. Agnes died in December 1327, after 27th of that month.^[1] .

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. 1998. Europäische Stammtafeln: Neue folge. Vol. I.1: Die fränkischen Könige und die Könige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfüsten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann.
2. ↑ Schwennicke, Detlev, ed. 1984. Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur geschichte der Europäischen Staaten. Neue folge ed. Vol. 3 (1) - Herzogs-und Grafenhäuser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches andere Europäische Fürstenhäuser. Marburg: J.A. Stargardt.