Duchess consort of Bavaria
Ludmilla (Ludmiła) of Bohemia
(died 14 August 1240) was a daughter of
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia
, and his wife,
Elizabeth of Hungary
. Ludmilla was a member of the
P?emyslid dynasty
. She was
Duchess consort of Bavaria
by her marriage to
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
.
Family
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Ludmilla was the third of six children born to her parents. Her siblings were Helena of Bohemia, betrothed to
Manuel I Komnenos
but never married, and Sophia of Bohemia, wife of
Albert, Margrave of Meissen
. The rest of Ludmilla's siblings were short-lived or died in early adulthood.
Ludmilla's paternal grandparents were
Vladislaus II of Bohemia
and his first wife
Gertrude of Babenberg
. Her maternal grandparents were
Geza II of Hungary
and his wife
Euphrosyne of Kiev
.
Geza was son of
Bela II of Hungary
and his wife
Helena of Ra?ka
.
Bela was son of
Prince Almos
and his wife Predslava of Kiev, who was daughter of
Sviatopolk II of Kiev
and an unknown
Bohemian
princess.
Marriages
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Ludmilla married twice and had issue in both of her marriages. Her first marriage was to Count
Albert III of Bogen
, making Ludmilla Countess of Bogen. The couple had three children from their marriage, all sons:
Albert died in 1197 and was succeeded by his eldest son with Ludmilla, Berthold.
Ludmilla then married
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
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a former enemy of her first husband. The marriage was good for Louis because it created an alliance with Ludmilla's uncle,
Ottokar I of Bohemia
. The couple had one son:
Louis and Ludmilla tried to find a suitable bride for their only child. Otto married
Agnes of the Palatinate
in 1222. Within time, Agnes' closer relatives died and she became Countess of
Palatinate
, which became part of the Bavarian inheritance, starting with Ludmilla's grandson,
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
.
Widowhood
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Louis was murdered in 1231 on a bridge in
Kelheim
. The crime was never cleared up since the murderer was immediately lynched. Due to the following aversion of the Wittelsbach family the city of
Kelheim
lost its status as one of the ducal residences. Louis was buried in the crypt of
Scheyern Abbey
.
Ludmilla lived to see the birth of four or five grandchildren from Otto and Agnes: Louis II,
Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria
,
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
, Sophie and Agnes.
Ludmilla founded the
Seligenthal convent
, near
Landshut
, in 1232. She remained here for the rest of her days. Ludmilla died there 14 August 1240 and her body was buried there.
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