Ida of Wettin | |
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Duchess of Bohemia | |
Born | c. 1031 |
Died | after 1061 |
Noble family | House of Wettin |
Spouse(s) | Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia |
Father | Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia |
Mother | Matilda of Meissen |
Ida of Wettin (Czech:Ida Wettinská,German:Ida von Wettin, alsoHidda von Eilenburg; born c. 1031; died after 1061), a member of the SaxonHouse of Wettin, wasDuchess consort of Bohemia from 1055 until 1061 by her marriage with DukeSpytihněv II.
She was the younger daughter of MargraveTheodoric II of Lusatia and his wife Matilda, daughter of MargraveEckard I of Meissen. Ida's father, former Count ofEilenburg, becameLusatian margrave in 1032 and was killed by the henchmen of his brother-in-law, MargraveEckard II of Meissen on 19 November 1034.
Ida was married to thePřemyslid duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia[1] and gave birth to two surviving children. Together with them she apparently was exiled from Bohemia after the death of her husband on 28 January 1061. Her daughter, whose name is not recorded, married aSaxon nobleman named Wichmann ofCelle, whereas her son Svatobor (Frederick) becamePatriarch of Aquileia in 1085, only to be murdered during a street disturbance in February 1086. She probably had another daughter, who became the first wife of Grand PrinceSviatopolk II of Kiev.
Ida of Wettin Born: ? Died: after 1061 | ||
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Preceded by | Duchess consort of Bohemia 1055–1061 | Succeeded by |