Sophia of Wittelsbach

Sophia of Wittelsbach (1170–1238) was a daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, who was Count Palatine and later Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Agnes of Loon.

Sophia of Wittelsbach
Picture of Sophia in the Elisabeth psalter
Born1170
Died1238 (aged 6768)
Noble familyHouse of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia
Issue
  • Louis IV
  • Conrad
  • Henry Raspe
FatherOtto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
MotherAgnes of Loon

In 1196, Sophia married Landgrave Hermann I of Thuringia; she was his second wife. They had the following children:

  • Irmgard (b. 1197), married in 1211 to Count Henry I of Anhalt
  • Louis IV (1200–1227)
  • Herman (1202–1216)
  • Conrad (1204–1247), grand master of the Teutonic Knights
  • Henry Raspe (1204–1247)
  • Agnes, married twice:
    1. in 1225 to Henry "the Profane" of Babenberg (1208–1228), a son of Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
    2. in 1229 to Duke Albert I of Saxony (c.1175 1261)


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