Re: Imperial Connections

Dear Douglas and Carolyn,
Okay, so probably Maud of Germany
wasn`t the mother of Agnes of Rheinfelden, which seems to indicate that Emperor
Rudolf I`s best claim was through Conrad I of Zahringen`s wife Clemence of
Namur, whom Bill Marshall has listed as the daughter of Count Godfrey of Namur
by his 2nd wife Ermesinde I, Countess of Luxembourg, She being daughter of
Count Conrad I of Luxembourg by Clemence of Poitou, daughter of Count- Duke
William V and VII (originally named Peter), of Poitou and Aquitaine by Ermesinde,
William V- VII was a brother of William VI -VIII of Poitou- Aquitaine
(ancestor of Eleanor, sucessively Queen consort of France and England, Agnes, the wife
of Emperor Henry III and nephew of Renaud I, Count of Burgundy, the male line
representative of King Berenger II of Italy which passed thru his grandson
Count Raymond of Burgundy into the Castillian royal house.
Alfonso X, the Wise in addition to being grandson of the Hohenstaufen Philip
of Swabia was further doubly male line descendant of Berenger II. in fact
almost everyone You can think of had as good or better claim to the Imperial
title than did Count Rudolf IV of Habsburg unless Agnes` mother were in fact
Maud of Germany rather than Adelaide of Savoy-Turin

mjcar...

Given that the imperial title was elective, I doubt Agnes's matrilineal
ascent would have had much impact on anyone's claim to the throne.

Sincerely,

James W Cummings

Dixmont, Maine USA