Agnes Of AUSTRIA

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• Also Known As: Agnes of Babenberg

Agnes married Wladislav II "the Exile" about 1126. Wladislav (son of Boleslaw III and Zbyslava Of KIEV) was born in 1105 in Poland; died on 30 May 1159. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Boleslas I Of SILESIA was born after 1129 in Wroclow, Poland; died in 1201.
2. Richilda Of POLAND was born between 1130 and 1140; died in 1166.
3. Wojciech Prince Of SILESIA was born about 1134 in Wroclow, Poland; died on 10 Jul 1168.
4. Mieszko I Prince Of SILESIA was born about 1138 in Wroclow, Poland; died on 16 May 1211.
5. Konrad Prince Of GLOGAU was born about 1139 in Wroclow, Poland; died on 19 Feb 1203.

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• Fact: Margrave of Austria

St. married Agnes Of GERMANY in 1106. 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.