10th-Century Women - 10th-Century Christian Female Saints, 10th-Century Female Rulers, 10th-Century Women Writers, Olga of Kiev (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 10th-Century Christian Female Saints, 10th-Century Female Rulers, 10th-Century Women Writers, Olga of Kiev, Adelaide of Italy, Eadburh of Winchester, Hrotsvitha, Izumi Shikibu, Akazome Emon, Judith of Hungary, Toda of Navarre, Rabi'a Balkhi, Lady Ise, Shirome, Judith of Bavaria, Empress Xiao, Sugandha, Aurelia of Strasbourg, Nakatsukasa, Kishi Jo?. Excerpt: Judith of Hungary (Polish: b. Esztergom, ca. 969 - d. Krakw?, ca. 988) was a Hungarian princess member of the House of Arpad and by marriage member of the House of Piast, who ruled Poland at that time. According to some sources, she was the eldest child of Gza of Hungary by his first wife Sarolt, a daughter of Gyula of Transylvania. However, modern historians discarted now her parentage, and stated that she was an unknown Hungarian princess. Though opinions vary about the identity of Bolesaw I's second wife, there is a number of researchers who still support the hypothesis of her being the daughter of Gza. At the end of 985, Judith became in the second wife of Bolesaw, heir of the Polish throne, after he repudiated his first wife Hunilda, daughter of Rikdag, Margrave of Meissen. The union (probably instigated by Duke Boleslav II of Bohemia, maternal uncle of the Polish prince) produced a son, Bezprym. Perhaps because of the deterioration in political relations between Poland and Hungary, around 987 Judith was repudiated and sent away. She probably remained in Poland and died shortly after her divorce; she never become Duchess of Poland because her father-in-law was still alive at the time of her dismissal. Bolesaw soon re-married, this time with Emnilda, a Slavic princess, who bore him five children, including the future Mieszko II Lambert. Despite Bezprym was the first-born son, h... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=21747925