look.
In this case, immediately the two spellings Wablingen and Waiblingen stand
out.
The next question is, where does that name come from? Agnes is not the
daughter of a Lord of Wablingen/Waiblingen. She is a daughter of the Holy
Roman Emperor Heinrich IV.
It would have been interesting had Richardson mentioned when Emperor
Friedrich Barbarossa referred to Richsa. This is important as there are
other aspects to consider.
Never mind what the Latin said, quoted by Richardson, I think in those days
three/quarters of the Iberian peninsula would have been amused to have the
wife of a Count of Provence referred to as Queen of Spain-----she never was.
Spanish Queen, like a Scandinavian Queen which only identifies an area, or a
Queen in Spain? Perhaps. But as she was already married to the Count of
Provence was she still entitled to be called Queen? I am not sure what the
custom was in those days.
In July 1152 Richsza married Alfonso VII King of Castile and Leon who died
in 1157.
Then AFTER 1162 she married Raymond Berengar V Count of Provence who died in
1166
Then AFTER 1166 she married Albrecht Count of Eversberg.
This means that Frederick Barbarossa must have referred to Richsza AFTER
1162 and before 1166, and that narrows it down.
Best wishes
Leo van de Pas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Richardson" <royalancestry@msn.com>
To: <GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: King's Kinsfolk: Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa's kinswoman,
Richsza, Queen of Spain
Dear Newsgroup ~
Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa (died 1190) referred to Richsza (or
Richildis), Queen of Spain [Hispaniarum reginæ], wife of Raymond
Berenger V, Count of Provence, as "our kinswoman" [neptis nostræ]
[Reference: Martene & Durand, Veterum scriptorum et monumentorum, 1
(1724): 860-863].
This is yet another straightforward and simple kinship which is typical
of relationships we find noted in the period before 1250. The two
parties were first cousins, or related in the 2nd and 2nd degrees of
kindred, by common descent from Agnes von Wablingen as follows:
1. Agnes von Waiblingen, married (1st) Frederick I, Duke of Swabia.
2. Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, died 1147.
3. Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, died 1190.
1. Agnes von Waiblingen, married (2nd) Leopold III, Margrave of
Österreich.
2. Agnes of Österreich, married Wladislaw II, Duke of Polen-Schlesien.
3. Richsza of Poland, married (1st) Alphonso VII, King of Castile;
(2nd) Raymond Berenger V, Count of Provence; and Albert II, Count of
Evenstein.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: http://www.royalancestry.net