Agnes of Poitou
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Agnes of Poitou was the queen of Germany from 1043 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1046 until 1056 as the wife of Emperor Henry III. From 1056 to 1061, she ruled the Holy Roman Empire as reg
Agnes at Mary's throne, Speyer Evangeliary, 1046
Kaiserswerth Pfalz ruins
Adelaide of Italy
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Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the firs
Agnes of Poitou
…religious powers. She had support from her retinue and territories she had brought from France upon her marriage, and she wanted to follow the example of Empress Adelheid. She was however more restricted than the Ottonian queen-empresses. To win allies, she gave away three German duchies: already on Christmas 1056, the…
Sainte Adélaïde Église de Toury, vitraux par Lorin
Statues of Adelaide and her second spouse Otto I, the donors of Meissen Cathedral
Chapel of St. Adelaide, Église Saint-Étienne de Seltz
Relic attributed to St. Adelaide