Frederick II Duke Of SWABIA

Family/Spouse: Judith Of BAVARIA. Judith (daughter of "the Black" Henry I and Wulfhide Of SAXONY) was born about 1100; died between 22 Feb 1130 and 1135. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Frederick III Of BARBAROSSA was born in 1122; died on 10 Jun 1190 in Drowned at Saleph in Silicia on 3rd Crusade; was buried in Tyre.
2. Berthe Of HOHENSTAUFEN was born in 1123; died in 1195.

Family/Spouse: Agnes Of SAARBRUCKEN. Agnes died in 1147. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Judith Of HOHENSTAUFEN was born in 1135; died in 1191.
2. Conrad Earl And Count Palatine Of The RHINE was born between 1134 and 1136; died in 1195.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Duke of Alsace and Swabia
• Fact: built the castle at Hohenstaufen; founded the monastery of Lorch

Friedrich married Agnes Of GERMANY in 1089. Agnes (daughter of Henry IV of Franconia and Bertha Of TURIN) was born in 1072/3; died on 24 Sep 1143; was buried in Kloster Neuburg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her second husband was St. Leopold III, Margrave of Austria. this second marriage was an especially happy one. Agnes and Leopold went to mass and read scripture together. They founded the monastery at Klosterneuburg near Vienna. Agnes also took part in most of Leopold's other good works.

Agnes and Leopold had a very large number of children, ten of whom lived to adulthood and perhaps seven more who died in infancy.

After Leopold died in 1136, he became the patron saint of Austria. Agnes survived him by seven years, dying on 24 September 1143.