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Birth:          ABT 1117 Klosterneuberg, Austria
Death:          AFT 18 Oct 1168 

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Judith (or Jutta, sometimes called Julitta or Ita in Latin sources; c. 1115/1120 – after 
1168), a member of the House of Babenberg, was Marchioness of Montferrat from 
1135 until her death, by her marriage with Marquess William V.

Life[edit]

She was a daughter of Margrave Leopold III of Austria (1073–1136), from his second 
marriage with Agnes (1072–1143), the only daughter of the Salian emperor Henry IV. 
She thereby was a niece of Emperor Henry V, the chronicler Otto of Freising was one 
of her older brothers. King Conrad III of Germany was her half-brother from her 
mother's first marriage with the Hohenstaufen duke Frederick I of Swabia; Emperor 
Frederick Barbarossa was her nephew.

By his marriage, Judith's father Leopold had climbed into the first row of Imperial 
princes. In 1125 he even was one of the possible candidates in the election as King 
of the Romans, he nevertheless forwent in favour of his stepson Duke Frederick II of 
Swabia.

About 1133, Judith married the Aleramici marquess William V of Montferrat (d. 1191), 
by whom she bore at least eight children. The Aleramici were among the leading 
dynasties in the Crusades; William accompanied his nephew King Louis VII of France 
on the Second Crusade of 1147. Of Judith's five sons, four became prominent in the 
affairs of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of Byzantium:
William Longsword (d. 1177), Count of Jaffa and Ascalon; father of Baldwin V of 
Jerusalem.
Conrad of Montferrat (d. 1192), King of Jerusalem
Boniface of Montferrat (d. 1207); his successor to Montferrat and founder of the 
Kingdom of Thessalonica.
Frederick of Montferrat, Bishop of Alba
Renier of Montferrat (d. 1183); married into the Byzantine imperial family.

The marriage also produced three daughters:
Agnes of Montferrat (1202); married Count Guido Guerra III Guidi of Modigliana.[1] The 
marriage was annulled on grounds of childlessness before 1180, when Guido 
remarried, and Agnes entered the convent of Santa Maria di Rocca delle Donne.
Adelasia (Azalaïs) of Montferrat (d. 1232); married Manfred II, Marquess of Saluzzo, c. 
1182, and was regent for her grandson, Manfred III.
An unidentified daughter, who married Albert, Marquess of Malaspina.

William V was a loyal supporter of Judith's nephew Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, 
their matrimony aided to Frederick's betrothal with Countess Beatrice I of Burgundy, a 
relative of William's mother Gisela, in 1156. Judith was still living in 1168, but seems 
to have died before her husband went to the Kingdom of Jerusalem after their 
grandson Baldwin's coronation as King of Jerusalem in the 1180s.

Parents
____ Leopold III "The Saint" (ABT 1087 - 15 Nov 1136)
OF FRANCONIA Agnes (ABT 1073 - 24 Sep 1143)

Siblings
OF AUSTRIA (BABENBERG) Agnes (ABT 1111 - 24 Jan 1163)
OF BABENBERG Judith (Jutta) (ABT 1117 - AFT 18 Oct 1168)

Marriage To ____ Guillaume VI (IV) (ABT 1110 - 1191)
    m. ABT 1133 

Notes

Parents
____ Rainer (ABT 1065 - May 1135)
DE BOURGOGNE Gisela (ABT 1073 - AFT 1133)

Children by ____ Guillaume VI (IV) ABT 1110 - 1191
DE MONTFERRAT Adelasia (Azalais) (Alice) (Adelheid) (ABT 1160 - AFT 22 Jul 1202)

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