Imiza of Luxembourg

Imiza of Luxembourg (also Irmentrude and Ermentrude) (c. 990/1000-died after c. 1055/6),[1] was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg, and the wife of Welf II of Swabia.

Imiza of Luxembourg
Imiza in the Weingarten Stifterbüchlein, c. 1510
Bornc. 990/1000
Diedafter c. 1055/6
BuriedAltomünster
Noble familyHouse of Ardenne-Luxembourg
Elder House of Welf
Spouse(s)Welf II, Count of Swabia
Issue
FatherFrederick of Luxembourg
MotherErmentrude of Gleiberg

Life

Imiza was the daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg and Ermentrude of Gleiberg.[2] She was a direct descendant of Charlemagne, and her paternal aunt, Cunigunde was married to Emperor Henry II.[3]

She was married to Welf II, Count of Swabia, probably in 1017.[4] Imiza’s dowry included the estates of Mehring am Lech (near Augsburg) and Elisina (modern Solesino).[5] Imiza probably received this property at the intervention of her aunt, Empress Cunigunde.[6] Probably because of this connection Henry II also granted the Duchy of Carinthia to Imiza's son, Welf III (previously Carinthia had been ruled personally by the German emperors).[7]

Imiza outlived her son, Welf III, who never married and had no children.[8] Welf bequeathed his property to the monastery of Altdorf, where his mother had become abbess.[9] She in turn gave the property to Welf IV, her grandson by her daughter Cunigunde.[10]

Issue

With Welf II, Imiza had two children:

References
  • K. Baaken, ‘Elisina curtis nobilissima. Welfischer Besitz in der Markgrafschaft Verona und die Datierung der Historia Welforum,’ Deutsches Archiv 55 (1999), 63-94
  • H. Dopsch, ‘Welf III und Kärnten,’ in D. Bauer, et al., eds., Welf IV. - Schlüsselfigur einer Wendezeit: Regionale und europäische Perspektiven (Munich, 2004), pp. 84–128.
  • W. Glocker, Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik (Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Vienna, 1989).
  • H. Renn, Das erste Luxemburger Grafenhaus (963-1136) (Bonn, 1941).
  • B. Schneidmüller: Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252). (Stuttgart, 2000), pp. 119–123
  • D. Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge, vol. I.1 (Frankfurt am Main 1998).
  • E. Steindorff, Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Heinrich III., 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1874-1881), accessible online at: archive.org
  • W. Störmer, ‘Die süddeutschen Welfen unter besondere Berücksichtigung ihrer Herrschaftspolitik im bayerisch-schwäbischen Grenzraum,’ in K-L. Ay, L. Maier and J. Jahn, eds., Die Welfen. Landesgeschichtliche Aspekte ihrer Herrschaft (Constance, 1998), pp. 57–96.
  • W. Störmer, 'Die Welfen in der Reichspolitik des 11. Jahrhunderts,' Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 104 (1996), 252-265.

Notes
  1. Glocker, Die Verwandten der Ottonen, p. 348.
  2. Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, table 17.
  3. Renn, Das erste Luxemburger Grafenhaus, pp. 137ff.
  4. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 120. See, however, Störmer, ‘Die Welfen in der Reichspolitik,’ p. 257, who suggests that the marriage may have taken place in 1015; and Glocker, Die Verwandten der Ottonen, p. 348 who suggests that the marriage took place as early as 1005.
  5. Baaken, ‘Welfischer Besitz in der Markgrafschaft Verona,‘ esp. pp. 73f.
  6. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, pp. 121-122
  7. Dopsch, ‘Welf III und Kärnten,’ p. 101.
  8. Steindorff, Jahrbücher, II, p. 319.
  9. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 127
  10. Störmer, ‘Die Welfen in der Reichspolitik,’ p. 261.
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