Gertrude of Bavaria

Gertrude of Bavaria
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign	1182–1197
Born	1152/55
Died	1 June 1197
Burial	Wå Gårds Harde
Spouse	Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia Canute VI of Denmark
House	House of Welf
Father	Henry the Lion
Mother	Clementia of Zähringen

Gertrude of Bavaria and Saxony (1152/55–1197) was a German noble, a duchess of Swabia as the spouse of Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, and a Danish Queen consort as the spouse of King Canute VI of Denmark.

Biography

Getrude was born to Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony and Clementia of Zähringen in either 1152 or 1155. She was married to Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, in 1166, and became a widow in 1167. In 1171 she was engaged and in February 1177 married to Prince Canute of Denmark in Lund. The couple lived the first years in Skåne. On 12 May 1182, she became queen. She did not have any children. During her second marriage, she chose to live in chastity and celibacy with her husband. Arnold of Lübeck remarked of their marriage, that her spouse was : "The most chaste one, living thusly his days with his chaste spouse" in eternal chastity.

Ancestry

Family of Gertrude of Bavaria

16. Welf I, Duke of Bavaria               8. Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria                       17. Judith of Flanders               4. Henry X, Duke of Bavaria                             18. Magnus, Duke of Saxony               9. Wulfhild of Saxony                       19. Sophia of Hungary               2. Henry the Lion                                   20. Gebhard of Supplinburg               10. Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor                       21. Hedwig of Formbach               5. Gertrude of Süpplingenburg                             22. Henry of Northeim, Margrave of Frisia               11. Richenza of Northeim                       23. Gertrude of Brunswick               1. Gertrude of Bavaria                                         24. Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia               12. Berthold II, Duke of Swabia                       25. Richwara               6. Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen                             26. Rudolf of Rheinfelden               13. Agnes of Rheinfelden                       27. Adelaide of Savoy               3. Clementia of Zähringen                                   28. Albert III, Count of Namur               14. Godfrey I, Count of Namur                       29. Ida of Saxony               7. Clementia of Namur                             30. Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg               15. Ermesinde of Luxembourg                       31. Clementia of Aquitaine

References

• Alf Henrikson: Dansk historia (Danish history) (1989) (Swedish)
• Sven Rosborn (In Swedish): När hände vad i Nordens historia (When did what happen in the historiy of the Nordic countries) (1997)
• Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VI. Bind. Gerson - H. Hansen (in Danish)

Gertrude of Bavaria House of Welf
Danish royalty
Preceded by Sofia of Minsk	Queen consort of Denmark 1182–1197	Succeeded by Dagmar of Bohemia