MATILDA TURIVSKA / of Kiev / von Beichlingen (Mechthild von Kiew, Mechthild von Beichlingen) (was born in Turov (?) in 1076, † in 1109 in Schwarzburg), the wife of Günther, the Count of Köfernburg
Father
- Yaropolk Izyaslavich, the Prince of Volyn and Turov, son of the Grand Prince of Kiev Izyaslav Yaroslavich and Gertrude of Poland, grandson of Yaroslav the Wise; saint canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church; the day of his memory is December 5
Mother
- Kunigunde von Orlamünde (Irina), the rus Princess, daughter of the Count of Weimar and Orlamünde Otto I and Adela of Louvain
Biography
In the Rus chronicles there is no information about Matilda, her Russian name is unknown. The daughter of Prince Yaropolk Izyaslavich and Kunigunda (Irina) von Orlamünde, apparently, was born in Turov, but was taken by her mother to Germany after the death of Yaropolk. She lived with Kunigunde in the Margrave of Lausitz, where Kunigunde remarried to Kuno of Northeim, as it is mentioned in German chronicles [I, p. 321; II, p. 693]. The Saxon chronicler reports about the wedding of an unnamed daughter of Kunigunde and Yaropolk with Count Günther of Köfernburg [ibid.]. N. Baumgarten suggested that the marriage was concluded after 1087, i.e. after the death of Yaropolk [2, P. 10. Table II. N 7] The assumption that the princess's name was Matilda can be made on the basis of the fact that her son, Sizzo III named one of his daughters Methilda (Matilda), probably in honor of his mother [5, s. 33]. It is known about the four children of Matilda and Günther: Sizzo, the founder of the Schwarzburg sovereign house, and Friedrich, and daughters Adela and Bertha [4, s. 52]. Some researchers believe that Matilda remarried (the reason for the divorce from Günther is unknown) to Wprecht the Elder, Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia, but traditionally it is believed that Wiprecht was the third husband of Matilda's mother Kunigunde [3, p. 144; 6, p. 13].
Children
- Sizzo III (also Syzzo) (around 1090/1093 – June 19, 1160), the first count von Schwarzburg, the founder of the Schwarzburg Sovereign House [1, p. 435]
- Frederick († 1169), Count von Beilingen
- Adela (Adda), Countess von Geh, wife of Reginboto II († 1142)
- Bertha, Countess of Magdeburg, wife of Heinrich von Groitsch (c. 1090-1135), Burgrave of Magdeburg
Sources
I. Saksonskii annalist // Drevniaia Rus' v svete zarubezhnykh istochnikov: Khrestomatiia / Pod red. T.N. Dzhakson, I.G. Konovalovoi, A.V. Podosinova. T. 4. Zapadnoevropeiskie istochniki / Sost., per. i komment. A.V. Nazarenko. M., 2010. S. 225–237.
II. Annalisto Saxo / Ed. G.Waitz // Monumenta Germaniae Scriptores (in folio) T. 6. Hannover, 1844.
Bibliography
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2. Blöthner A. Wiprecht von Groitzsch und Kaiser Heinrich IV., Plothen, 2004.
3. Brandenburg E. Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen. I–XIV. Generation. Leipzig, 1935. Neudruck mit Korrekturen 1998.
4. Fenske L. Adelsopposition und kirchliche Reformbewegung im östlichen Sachsen, Göttingen, 1977.
5. Hoyer S. Wiprecht von Groitzsch und der Beginn des Landesausbaues im Mulde-Elstergebiet // Heinz A. Knorr (Hg.), Probleme des frühen Mittelalters in archäologischer und historischer Sicht. Berlin, 1966.
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