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Gertrude of Bavaria

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Gertrude of Bavaria
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign1182–1197
Born1152/55
Died1 June 1197
Burial
Wå Gårds Harde
SpouseFrederick IV, Duke of Swabia

Canute VI of Denmark
HouseHouse of Welf
FatherHenry the Lion
MotherClementia of Zähringen

Gertrude of Bavaria and Saxony (1152/55–1197) was a German noble, a duchess of Swabia as the spouse of Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, and a Danish Queen consort as the spouse of King Canute VI of Denmark.

Biography

Getrude was born to Henry the Lion of Bavaria and Saxony and Clementia of Zähringen in either 1552 or 1555. She was married to Frederick IV, Duke of Swabia, in 1166, and became a widow in 1167. In 1171 she was engaged and in February 1177 married to Prince Canute of Denmark in Lund. The couple lived the first years in Skåne. On 12 May 1182, she became queen. She did not have any children. During her second marriage, she chose to live in chastity and celibacy with her husband. Arnold of Lübeck remarked of their marriage, that her spouse was : "The most chaste one, living thusly his days with his chaste spouse" in eternal chastity.

Ancestry

Family of Gertrude of Bavaria

References

Gertrude of Bavaria
Danish royalty
Preceded by Queen consort of Denmark
1182–1197
Succeeded by