Gertrude of Hohenburg
1225-1281
Born: Hohenburg, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Died: Vienna, Niederoesterreich, Austria
1225-1281
Born: Hohenburg, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bayern, Germany
Died: Vienna, Niederoesterreich, Austria
<p><strong>Gertrude of Hohenburg</strong> (c. 1225 – <span>16 February 1281</span>, Vienna) was the first Queen consort of Rudolph I of Germany.</p><p></p><span>Family</span><p>She was born to Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg (d. 1253) and his wife Mechtild of Tübingen.</p><p>Her paternal grandparents were Burchard IV, Count of Hohenberg and his unnamed wife. Her maternal grandparents were Rudolph II, Count palatine and his wife, a daughter of Henry, Margrave of Ronsberg and Udilhild of Gammertingen.</p><p>Burchard IV was a son of Burchard III, Count of Hohenberg.</p><p>Burchard III was one of two sons of Burchard II, Count of Hohenberg. He was co-ruler with his brother Frederick, Count of Hohenberg. His brother had no known descendants and the two brothers consequently had a single successor.</p><p>Burchard II was one of five known sons of Frederick I, Count of Zollern and his wife Udachild of Urach.</p><p>Frederich I was the son of Burchard I, Count of Zollern. He was the founder of the so-called Burchardinger family line, male-line ancestors of the House of Hohenzollern.</p><p></p><span>Marriage and children</span><p>In 1245, Gertrude married Rudolph IV, Count of Habsburg. They had nine children:</p><ol><li>Albert I of Germany (July 1255 – <span>1 May 1308</span>), Duke of Austria and also of Styria. </li><li>Hartmann (1263, Rheinfelden–<span>21 December 1281</span>), drowned in Rheinau. </li><li>Rudolph II, Duke of Austria and Styria (1270–<span>10 May 1290</span>, Prague), titular Duke of Swabia, father of John the Patricide of Austria. </li><li>Matilda (ca. 1251/53, Rheinfelden–<span>23 December 1304</span>, Munich), married 1273 in Aachen to Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and became mother of Rudolf I, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. </li><li>Katharina (1256–<span>4 April 1282</span>, Landshut), married 1279 in Vienna to Otto III, Duke of Bavaria who later (after her death) became the disputed King Bela V of Hungary and left no surviving issue. </li><li>Agnes (ca. 1257–<span>11 October 1322</span>, Wittenberg), married 1273 to Albert II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and became the mother of Rudolf I, Elector of Saxony. </li><li>Hedwig (d. 1285/86), married 1270 in Vienna to Otto VI, Margrave of Brandenburg and left no issue. </li><li>Klementia (ca. 1262–after <span>7 February 1293</span>), married 1281 in Vienna to Charles Martel of Anjou, the Papal claimant to the throne of Hungary and mother of king Charles I of Hungary, as well as of queen Clementia of France, herself the mother of the baby king John I of France. </li><li>Guta (<span>13 March 1271</span>–<span>18 June 1297</span>, Prague), married <span>24 January 1285</span> to King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and became the mother of king Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Poland and Hungary, of queen Anna I of Bohemia, duchess of Carinthia, and of queen Elisabeth I of Bohemia, countess of Luxembourg. </li></ol><div><div style="width: 302px"> <div><div></div>Grave in Basel</div></div></div><p>Her husband was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on <span>29 September 1273</span>, largely due to the efforts of her cousin Frederick III, Burgrave of Nuremberg. Rudolph was crowned in Aachen on <span>24 October 1273</span>. She served as his Queen consort for the following eight years.</p><p>She died early in 1281. Rudolph remained a widower for three years and proceeded to marry Isabelle of Burgundy.</p>Preceded by<br><strong>Elisabeth of Bavaria</strong><strong>German Queen</strong><br><span>29 September 1273</span> –<span>16 February 1281</span>Succeeded by<br><strong>Isabelle of Burgundy</strong>