Kunigunde

Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war). ^[1] In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga. People with such names include:

• Kunigunde of Rapperswil (c. early 4th century), Christian saint
• Cunigunda of Laon, wife of Bernard of Italy (797–818)
• Cunigunde of Swabia (died 918), wife and consort of King Conrad I of East Francia
• Cunigunde of Luxembourg (c. 975 – 1040), wife and consort of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
• Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen (1200? – 13 September 1248), wife and consort of Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
• Kunigunda of Halych (died 1285), consort of Bohemia and its regent from 1278 to 1285
• Kinga of Poland (1234–1292), Patroness of Poland and Lithuania
• Kunigunde of Poland (c. 1298 – 1331), daughter of King Wladyslaw I the Elbow-High of Poland
• Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Margrave of Brandenburg
• Kunigunde von Orlamünde (1303–1382), consort of Otto VI, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
• Kunigunde of Sternberg (died 1449), first wife of George of Poděbrady
• Catherine of Poděbrady (died 1464), wife and consort of King Matthias of Hungary
• Kunigunde of Austria (died 1520), archduchess and wife of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
• Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate
• Kunigunde Streicher, wife of Julius Streicher
• Kunigunde Bachl (1919–1994), German physician and politician
• Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa (b. 1951), Polish Olympic slalom canoeist

Fictional or legendary

• Princess Kunegunda, from a legend of the Chojnik Castle
• Cunégonde, a fictional character in Voltaire's novel Candide

See also

• 936 Kunigunde, main-belt asteroid
• Cunégonde (disambiguation)

Notes

1. Behind the Name