William Longsword Count Of Jaffa AND

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Between 1136 and 1191, Marquess of Montferrat

William married Judith Of BABENBERG before 28 Mar 1133. Judith (daughter of St. Leopold III "the Saint" and Agnes Of GERMANY) was born between 1110 and 1120; died after 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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.