Richardis of Bavaria

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Richardis of Bavaria (1173 in Kelheim – 7 December 1231 in Roermond) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Count Palatine Otto I of Bavaria, who later became the first Wittelsbach Duke of Bavaria, and his wife Agnes of Loon.

Life[]

In 1186, she married Otto I, Count of Guelders. Together, they had the following children:

• Henry of Guelders (d. 1198). He was betrothed in 1197 to Aleidis, a daughter of Dirk VII, Count of Holland. However, he died in 1198 before the wedding could take place.
• Gerard III (1185–1229).
• Adelaide (d. 1218), married William I, Count of Holland.^[1]
• Otto (1193–1213), was Bishop of Utrecht as Otto I
• Irmgard, married Adolph, Count of Altena and Mark, son of Frederick I, Count of Berg-Altena and his wife Alveradis.
• Margaret, married Lothar III, Count of Hochstadt
• Matilda, married Henry II, Count of Nassau.

After her husband died in 1207, she became abbess of the Cistercian abbey in Roermond. She died in Roermond in 1231, and was buried in the Church of Our Lady.

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