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On [[24 October]] [[1266]] was issued in [[Augsburg]] by Duke [[Louis II of Bavaria]] a settlement, under wich he pledged several possessions on behalf of his ward and nephew [[Conradin]], King of [[Sicily]] and [[Jerusalen]]. This action was made in order to pay the expenses incurred in connection of the marriage celebrated between Conradin and Sophie, who took place by the end of October and early September of that year, possibly in the city of [[Bamberg]] or [[Nürnberg]]. The union was celebrated by proxy (''desponsatio per procuratinem''), because the fourteen-years-old King was absent at that |
On [[24 October]] [[1266]] was issued in [[Augsburg]] by Duke [[Louis II of Bavaria]] a settlement, under wich he pledged several possessions on behalf of his ward and nephew [[Conradin]], King of [[Sicily]] and [[Jerusalen]]. This action was made in order to pay the expenses incurred in connection of the marriage celebrated between Conradin and Sophie, who took place by the end of October and early September of that year, possibly in the city of [[Bamberg]] or [[Nürnberg]]. The union was celebrated by proxy (''desponsatio per procuratinem''), because the fourteen-years-old King was absent at that moment. In his place, Duke Louis II stood as groom and signed the marriage contract.<ref>[http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/staufer/familie_koenig_konrads_4/sophie_von_landsberg_1318_wettiner_staufer_piasten/sophie_von_landsberg_herzogin_von_schwaben_+_1318.html Sophie von Landsberg Herzogin von Schwaben + 1318]</ref><ref>[http://www.schimak-ottenbach.de/wo/stammbaum/default.htm Stammbaum der Staufer: Sophie von Landsberg]</ref> |
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Conradin never seen his bride: soon after the marriage, he departed with his friend [[Frederick I of Baden]] to [[Italy]] with the purprose to recover his rights over [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]'s inheritance, and two years later, on [[29 October]] [[1268]], the last legitimate male member of the [[House of Hohenstaufen]] was beheaded in the Piazza del Mercato of [[Naples]].<ref>[http://www.maler-kempf.de/wbk/L5.html {{de icon}} Life in the Berge Welmisheim court]</ref> |
Conradin never seen his bride: soon after the marriage, he departed with his friend [[Frederick I of Baden]] to [[Italy]] with the purprose to recover his rights over [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]'s inheritance, and two years later, on [[29 October]] [[1268]], the last legitimate male member of the [[House of Hohenstaufen]] was beheaded in the Piazza del Mercato of [[Naples]].<ref>[http://www.maler-kempf.de/wbk/L5.html {{de icon}} Life in the Berge Welmisheim court]</ref> |
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The validity of Conradin and Sophie's marriage is still disputed by the historians. According to some of them, the contract signed by Louis II was only a betrothal and not a truly marriage ceremony, because Sophie was still a child at that time (she had almost seven-years-old) and Conradin never see her; this is supported by the fact that the chronicler Bartholomew de Neocastro found a message of Conradin to Giovanni [[Frangipani]], in whose castle he refuged after the [[battle of Tagliacozzo]], in where he promised marry with his daughter in exchange of his help against [[Charles I of Anjou]]. However, others historians supported the idea that Sophie and Conradin were, in fact, legally married, because the contract signed by Louis II was, clearly, a marriage by proxy with all the legal obligations. |
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In 1271, the twelve-years-old Sophie married with [[Konrad I, Duke of Silesia-Glogau|Konrad I, Duke of Glogów]], an almost forty-years-old widower. They had no children. |
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After Konrad I's death in 1274, Sophie |
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Revision as of 21:53, 2 April 2009
Sophie of Landsberg (Polish: Sophie z Landsberg, German: Sophie von Landsberg; b. ca. 1259 - d. 24 August 1318), was a German princess member of the House of Wettin and by marriage Duchess of Glogów.
She was the eldest child and eldest daughter of Dietrich the Wise, Margrave of Landsberg, by his wife Helena, daughter of John I, Margrave of Brandenburg.[1][2]
Life
On 24 October 1266 was issued in Augsburg by Duke Louis II of Bavaria a settlement, under wich he pledged several possessions on behalf of his ward and nephew Conradin, King of Sicily and Jerusalen. This action was made in order to pay the expenses incurred in connection of the marriage celebrated between Conradin and Sophie, who took place by the end of October and early September of that year, possibly in the city of Bamberg or Nürnberg. The union was celebrated by proxy (desponsatio per procuratinem), because the fourteen-years-old King was absent at that moment. In his place, Duke Louis II stood as groom and signed the marriage contract.[3][4]
Conradin never seen his bride: soon after the marriage, he departed with his friend Frederick I of Baden to Italy with the purprose to recover his rights over Frederick II's inheritance, and two years later, on 29 October 1268, the last legitimate male member of the House of Hohenstaufen was beheaded in the Piazza del Mercato of Naples.[5]
The validity of Conradin and Sophie's marriage is still disputed by the historians. According to some of them, the contract signed by Louis II was only a betrothal and not a truly marriage ceremony, because Sophie was still a child at that time (she had almost seven-years-old) and Conradin never see her; this is supported by the fact that the chronicler Bartholomew de Neocastro found a message of Conradin to Giovanni Frangipani, in whose castle he refuged after the battle of Tagliacozzo, in where he promised marry with his daughter in exchange of his help against Charles I of Anjou. However, others historians supported the idea that Sophie and Conradin were, in fact, legally married, because the contract signed by Louis II was, clearly, a marriage by proxy with all the legal obligations.
In 1271, the twelve-years-old Sophie married with Konrad I, Duke of Glogów, an almost forty-years-old widower. They had no children.
After Konrad I's death in 1274, Sophie