Judith of Baden

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Judith of Baden (d.1162) was a German margravine, as the daughter of Herman II, Margrave of Baden by his wife Judith of Backnang. [1]

Customary for the children of a ruling Margrave at the time, she was styled a "Margravine". She married Ulrich I, Duke of Carinthia with whom she had five children. She died in 1162 and was buried in a stone sarcophagus in the Augustine Chapel in the cloister of the Backnang Abbey. Her tomb was opened in 1513 by Christopher I of Baden, engraved, and then transferred to the choir of the church. [2]

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References

  1. "Die Zähringer". www.landeskunde-online.de.
  2. "Das Fürstenhaus Baden". www.landeskunde-online.de.