Agnes of Loon
Born	1150
Died	1191
Noble family	House of Loon
Spouse(s)	Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
Issue Detail	Sophia Richardis Louis I
Father	Louis I, Count of Loon
Mother	Agnes of Metz

Agnes of Loon (1150?1191), was a duchess consort of Bavaria, married to Otto I of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria . ^[1] She was regent of Bavaria during the minority of her son, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria , from 1183 to 1191.

Life [ edit ]

She was the daughter of Louis I, Count of Loon , and Agnes of Metz.

She was regent of Bavaria during the minority of her son, Louis I, Duke of Bavaria , from 1183 to 1191. Agnes was described as a forceful regent, who managed to secure the inheritance of her son.

Agnes was a patron of the writer Heinrich von Veldeke .

Issue [ edit ]

Agnes and Otto had the following children:

• Otto (1169?1181)
• Sophia (1170?1238), married Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia (1155?1217),
• Heilika I (b. 1171), married in 1184 to Hallgrave Dietrich of Wasserburg
• Agnes (1172?1200), married Count Henry of Plain (d. 1190)
• Richardis (1173?1231), married in 1186 to Count Otto I of Guelders and Zutphen
• Louis I (1173?1231), married in 1204 to Ludmilla of Bohemia
• Heilika II (b. 1176), married Count Adelbert III of Dillingen (d. 1214)
• Elisabeth (b. 1178), married Count Berthold II of Vohburg (d. 1209)
• Mechtild (1180?1231), married in 1209 to Count Rapoto II of Ortenburg (1164?1231).

References [ edit ]

• http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1150.htm