Adelaide of Eilenburg ( 1030 – 26 January 1071) was a German noblewoman. She was a daughter of Margrave
Dedi I of the
Saxon Eastern March
The Saxon Eastern March () was a march of the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th until the 12th century. The term "eastern march" stems from the Latin term ''marchia Orientalis'' and originally could refer to either a march created on the eastern fr ...
and his first wife, Oda of Lusatia.
In 1060, she married Margrave
Ernest
Ernest is a given name derived from the Germanic languages, Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious", often shortened to Ernie.
Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
People
*Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), ...
of Austria during his reign and became Margravine of Austria. He was a member of the House of
Babenberg
The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Descending from the Popponids and originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria fr ...
; she was his first wife. Adelaide and Ernest had four children:
*
Leopold II (d. 1095)
* Adalbert I, Count of Pernegg (d. 1100)
* a daughter, who married Count Herman I of Poigen
* Justitia, married Count Otto II of Dießen-Wolfratshausen
1030s births
1071 deaths
11th-century German nobility
11th-century German women
Austrian consorts
House of Wettin
Margravines in the Holy Roman Empire
11th-century women from the Holy Roman Empire
Women of medieval Austria
Mothers of Austrian monarchs
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