Richardis of Bavaria

Richardis of Bavaria
Spouse(s) Otto I, Count of Guelders
Noble family House of Wittelsbach
Father Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Mother Agnes of Loon
Born 1173
Kelheim
Died 7 December 1231(1231-12-07)
Roermond
Buried Church of Our Lady in Roermond

Richardis of Bavaria (1173 in Kelheim 7 December 1231 in Roermond) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Count Palatine Otto I of Bavaria, who later became the first Wittelsbach Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Agnes of Loon.

Life

In 1186, she married Otto I. Together, they had the following children:

After her husband died in 1207, she became abbess of the Cistercian abbey in Roermond. She died in Roermond in 1231, and was buried in the Church of Our Lady.

Footnotes

  1. Chronologia Johannes de Beke 61, p. 141.


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