Frozza Orseolo

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Frozza Orseolo
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Frozza's image on the Babenberg family tree
Born1015
Died17 February 1071
Spouse(s)Adalbert, Margrave of Austria
IssueErnest, Margrave of Austria
FatherOtto Orseolo
MotherGrimelda of Hungary

Frozza Orseolo (1015 – 17 February 1071) was a Margravine of Austria by marriage to Adalbert, Margrave of Austria.

Life[]

Frozza was a daughter of Otto Orseolo and his wife Grimelda of Hungary,[1] Doge of Venice, and granddaughter of Pietro II Orseolo.[2] Her brother was Peter, King of Hungary,[3] and she was possibly a sister-in-law of Judith of Schweinfurt.

She married Adalbert, Margrave of Austria and later took the name of Adelheid and bore a son Ernest, Margrave of Austria.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Norwich, John Julius. (1982). A History of Venice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  2. ^ Hazlitt, W. Carew. (1915). The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, its Growth, and its Fall. A.D. 409–1797. London: Adam and Charles Black. LOC DG676 .H43
  3. ^ Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: Az Árpád-ház uralkodói (IPC Könyvek, 1996)
  4. ^ Dümmerth Dezső: Az Árpádok nyomában. Panoráma Kiadó 1977.
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