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Birth:          ABT  878 of Schwaben, Bavaria

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunigunde_of_Swabia
Cunigunde of Swabia (c.?878 – 7 February after 918), a member of the Ahalolfing 
noble family, was Margravine of Bavaria until 907 by her first marriage with Margrave 
Luitpold and German queen (Queen of the Franks) from 913 to 918 by her second 
marriage with King Conrad I, the first and sole ruler of the Conradine dynasty.

Life[edit]

Cunigunde was the daughter of the Swabian count palatine Berchthold I. Her mother 
possibly was Gisela, a daughter of the Carolingian king Louis the German and his 
consort Emma of Altdorf. Cunigunde's brother Erchanger became Duke of Swabia in 
915.

Very little is known of her. She married first the Bavarian margrave Luitpold who 
became the ancestor of the Luitpolding dynasty. Her sons by him were Arnulf the Bad 
and Berthold, both ruling as Dukes of Bavaria later on. Luitpold was killed in the 907 
Battle of Pressburg fighting against the Hungarian forces.

According to the Annales Alamannici, Cunigunde married in 913 King Conrad I of 
Germany who was striving to strengthen the ties with the Bavarian stem duchy. The 
marriage left no male heirs; two children are assumed, both born 913: Herman, who 
died young, and Cunigunda, who married Werner of Worms and was possibly the 
mother of Conrad the Red, the founder of the Salian dynasty.[1] First mentioned as 
queen consort in June 914, Cunigunde apparently did not play a significant political 
role while her son Arnulf remained in constant conflict with the king. In 915 she chose 
Lorsch Abbey as her burial place.

King Conrad died in December 918 after a long illness, possibly by a heavy inury 
during a campaign against Arnulf of Bavaria. He was succeeded by the Saxon duke 
Henry the Fowler.

Parents
____ Berthold (ABT  840 - )
____ Gisela ()

Siblings
OF SWABIA Cunigunde (ABT  878 - )

Marriage To ____ Luitpold (ABT  869 - 4 Jul  907)
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Luitpold ABT  869 - 4 Jul  907
____ Arnulf "the Bad" (ABT  894 - 14 Jul  937)

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