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

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

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

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

^ Die Zeit der frühen Wittelsbacher, in: Alois Schmid: Neue Wege der bayerischen Landesgeschichte. S. 52 ff. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften|GWV Fachvberlage GmbH. Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-531-16031-3.

Agnes of Loon House of LoonBorn: 1150 Died: 1191 Royal titles Preceded byMatilda of England Duchess consort of Bavaria 1180–1183 Succeeded byLudmilla of Bohemia

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