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  1. Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen Birth: Abt 1076

Marriage: Children:
  1. Liutgard Of Beichlingen
  2. Kunigunde Of Northeim
  3. Mathilda Of Beichlingen Death: After 1117
  4. Adela Of Beichlingen Death: After 1123

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.1: Die frankischen Konige und die Konige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfursten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.1 #[0-9]*].
  2. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.3: Die Hauser Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Schwarzburg Waldeck, Lippe und Reuss. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 2000. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.3 #[0-9]*].
  3. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
  4. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. VIII: West-, Mittel- und Nordeuropaische Familien. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES VIII #[0-9]*].
  5. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. XVII: Hessen und das Stammesherzogtum Sachsen. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES XVII #[0-9]*].
  6. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. XVIII: Zwischen Maas und Rhein. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES XVIII #[0-9]*].
  7. Stewart, Peter, Kunigunde of Weimar, dau of Otto. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 10/3/2005. Subject: Kunigunde of Weimar, dau of Otto (or ?? Wilhelm IV?). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/03XqHSa_35k/m/UnJ3UObHFmgJ. Author address: p_m_stewart at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Peter Stewart SGM 10/3/2005-051533].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: ES I.1 #13B (with corr in I.2)]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
parents:
Otto Count of Weimar, Markgraf of Meissen (#24056) & Adelheid of Louvain (#24055) [Ref: ES I.1 #144],
father:
Otto Count of Weimar, Markgraf of Meissen (#24056) [Ref: ES I.1 #13B (before corr in I.2), ES II #130, ES VIII #132]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ES I.1 #13B, ES I.1 #144, ES II #130, ES VIII #132]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow
date:
first marriage of Kunigunde [Ref: ES I.1 #13B, ES VIII #132]
um 1073 [Ref: ES I.1 #144, ES II #130],
child:
[Ref: ES I.3 #312, ES II #130, ES XVII #94]
Sources with Information about marriage to Kuno Count Of Beichlingen
date:
second marriage of Kunigunde [Ref: ES I.1 #13B, ES I.1 #144, ES II #130, ES VIII #132],
child:
[Ref: ES I.1 #13B, ES VIII #132, ES XVIII #24B]
Sources with Information about marriage to Wiprecht II Of Groitzsch, Margrave Of Meissen And La
date:
[Ref: ES I.1 #13B, ES I.1 #144]
Research Notes:
Erbin v Reichlingen [Ref: ES I.1 #144, ES VIII #132]

Regarding the correction to ES I.1 #13B, making her a daughter of Wilhelm IV:
The correction is simply mistaken as far as I can tell - for the relevant genealogy, accepted without question by thorough historians such as Karl-Heinz Lange [in 'Die Grafen von Northeim (950-1144), dissertation, 2 vols, Kiel 1958], see Annalista Saxo (MGH SS VI, p. 693):
"[Otto de Orlagemunde] Habuit autem uxorem nomine Adhelam de Brabantia, ex castello quod Lovene dicitur, que peperit ei tres filias, Odam, Cunigundam, Adhelheidam...Cunigunda nupsit regi Ruzorum, genuitque filiam quam nobilis quidam de Thuringia Gunterus nomine accepit, genuitque ex illa Sizzonem comitem. Post cuius mortem reversa in patriam, coniuncta est Cononi comiti de Bichlingge, filio ducis Ottonis de Northeim, genuitque illi quatuor filias. Quo item defuncto, Wipertus senior tercius eam desponsavit." (Otto of Orlamunde's wife was Adela of Brabant, from the castle called Louvain, who bore him three daughters, Oda, Kunigunde and Adelaide...Kunigunde married a king of the Russians and had a daughter married to a Thuringian noble named Gunther [count of Schwarzburg] who with her fathered Count Sizzo. After whose [Jaropolk's] death she [Kunigunde] returned to her homeland and married Kuno, count of Beichlingen [Kunigunde's own inheritance], son of Duke Otto of Northeim, bearing him four daughters. On his death she was married to a third husband, the elder Wiprecht).
According to Lange, Kunigunde had other children by her first husband, Jaropolk (murdered on 22 November in 1086 or 1087) - as well as the daughter of unknown name (sometimes called Mechtilde) who married as above, there were probably two sons, Jaroslav and Vyachelsav, and perhaps a daughter Anastasia who stayed behind in Russia. The remarriage to Kuno of Northeim happened quickly after Kunigunde was widowed and returned to Germany: he was murdered in turn in November/December 1103 (she must have been a jinx), and in 1110 at the age of 50 she was forced by political machinations into a third marriage, to Wiprecht II (not I, his father) of Groitzsch, who died on 22 May 1124. Kunigunde herself died on 8 June 1140.
ES seems to agree with most of this, but the revision contradicting a generally reliable source for Kunigunde's parentage seems unaccountable. [Ref: Peter Stewart SGM 10/3/2005-051533]



Pedigree of Kunigunde Of Orlamunde
                            /-----William I Count In South Thuringia
                   /-----William II Duke Of Thuringia
          /-----William III Count Of Weimar
 /-----William IV Count Of Weimar
|        |                                    /-----Christian Margrave Of The Saxon Nordmark
|        |                           /-----Dietman I Margrave Of The Saxon Eastmark
|        |                          |        |         /-----Thietmar Markgraf
|        |                          |         \-----Hidda
|        |                  /-----Gero Markgraf Of Lausitz
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Billung Count In Saxony
|        |                 |        |         /-----Hermann Billung Duke Of Saxony
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Fraderuna
|        |                 |         \-----Susanhildia Of Saxony
|        |                 |                  \-----Hildegarde Of Westerbourg
|        |         /-----Thistmar II Margrave Of The Saxon East Mark
|        |        |         \-----Adelaide
|         \-----Oda
Kunigunde Of Orlamunde



Descendants of Kunigunde Of Orlamunde
1. Kunigunde Of Orlamunde m1. Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow m2. Kuno Count Of Beichlingen m3. Wiprecht II Of Groitzsch, Margrave Of Meissen And La
m. Jarapolk Prince Of Wladimir And Turow father: Isiaslav I Grand Prince Of Kiev mother: Gertrude Of Poland
m. Kuno Count Of Beichlingen father: Otto I Count Of Northeim, Duke Of Bavaria mother: Richeza
m. Wiprecht II Of Groitzsch, Margrave Of Meissen And La father: Wiprecht I Of Groitzsch, Count In The Balsamgau mother: Sigena Of Leinungen

2nd generation

2. Mechtild Heiress Of Beichlingen m1. Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg m2. W Of Geich
m. Gunther I Count Of Kafernberg father: Sizzo I Count In Langwitzgau
m. W Of Geich
3. Liutgard Of Beichlingen m. William Count Of Luxemburg
m. William Count Of Luxemburg father: Conrad I Count Of Luxembourg mother: Clementia Of Poitou
4. Kunigunde Of Northeim m1. Wiprecht III Count Of Groitzach m2. Dietpold III Markgraf Of Vohburg
m. Wiprecht III Count Of Groitzach father: Wiprecht II Of Groitzsch, Margrave Of Meissen And La mother: Judith Of Bohemia
m. Dietpold III Markgraf Of Vohburg father: Diepold II Margrave Of Bavarian Nordgau mother: Luitgarde Of Zahrington
6. Adela Of Beichlingen m1. Dietrich III Count Of Katlenburg m2. Helperich Count Of Plotzkau
m. Dietrich III Count Of Katlenburg father: Dietrich II Count Of Katlenburg mother: Gertrude Heiress Of Brunswick
m. Helperich Count Of Plotzkau father: Dietrich Count Of Plotzkau mother: Mathilde Of Walbeck

3rd generation

7. Sizzo II Count Of Schwarzburg Kafernburg And Thur m. Gisela
m. Gisela
8. Friedrich I Count Of Beichlingen m. Helenburg Of Tonna
m. Helenburg Of Tonna father: Ernst I Count Of Tonna
10. Liutgard Of Luxemburg m. Henry II Count Of Grandpre
m. Henry II Count Of Grandpre father: Henry I Count Of Grandpre mother: Ermentrude De Joux
12. Bertold I Markgraf Of Cham And Vohburg m.

4th generation

14. Mechtild Of Schwarzburg m. Adolf II Count Of Holstein
m. Adolf II Count Of Holstein father: Adolf I Of Schaumburg, Count Of Holstein mother: Hildewe
16. Gunther II Count Of Kafernburg m1. Agnes Of Saarbrucken m2. Adelheid Of Hallermund
m. Agnes Of Saarbrucken father: Simon I Count Of Saarbrucken mother: Mathilda Of Spondheim
m. Adelheid Of Hallermund father: Wulbrand Count Of Hallermund mother: Beatrix Of Rheinbeck
17. Bertha Countess Of Schwarzburg m1. Poppo Of Wippra m2. Gero Count Of Brehna
m. Poppo Of Wippra
m. Gero Count Of Brehna father: Dietrich II Count Of Brehne, Margrave Of Niederlausi mother: Matilda
18. Friedrich II Count Of Beichlingen m. (Unk) Of Ballenstadt
m. (Unk) Of Ballenstadt father: Albert Count Of Ballenstadt mother: Adelheid
19. Henry III Cunt Of Grandpre m1. Isabeau Of Coucy m2. Ade Of Aesnes
m. Isabeau Of Coucy father: Ralph I Sire De COUCY mother: Agnes Of Hainault
m. Ade Of Aesnes father: Jacques I Seigneur Of Avesnes And Leuze mother: Adelfia Heiress Of Guise
20. Diepold VII Markgraf Of Vohburg m. Mechtild Of Wasserburg
m. Mechtild Of Wasserburg father: Dietrich Count Of Wasserburg

5th generation

21. Adolf III Count Of Holstein m1. Adelaide Of Assel m2. Adelaide Of Querfurt
m. Adelaide Of Assel father: Otto Count Of Assel mother: Salome Of Heinsburg
m. Adelaide Of Querfurt father: Burchard II Count Of Querfurt mother: Mechtild Of Tonna
22. Heinrich II Count Of Kafernburg And Schwarzburg m. Irmgard Of Orlamunde
m. Irmgard Of Orlamunde father: Siegfried III Count Of Orlamunde mother: Sophie Of Denmark
23. Gunther III Count Of Schwarzburg And Kafernburg m.
27. William Count Of Camberg m. Geva Countess Of Seeburg
m. Geva Countess Of Seeburg
29. Friedrich III Count Of Beichlingen m. Elizabeth Of Henneburg
m. Elizabeth Of Henneburg father: Poppo VI Count Of Henneburg mother: Sophia Of Andechs
30. Henry IV Count Of Grandpre m. Marie Of Garlande
m. Marie Of Garlande father: Guillaume IV Of Garlande, Lord Of Livry mother: Adele Of Chatillon