Frozza Orseolo

Frozza Orseolo (1015 – 17 February 1071) was a Margravine of Austria by marriage to Adalbert, Margrave of Austria.

Frozza Orseolo
Frozza's image on the Babenberg family tree
Born1015
Died17 February 1071
Spouse(s)Adalbert, Margrave of Austria
Issue
FatherOtto Orseolo
MotherGrimelda of Hungary

Life

Frozza was a daughter of Otto Orseolo and his wife Grimelda of Hungary,[1] Doge of Venice, and granddaughter of Pietro II Orseolo.[2] Her brother was Peter, King of Hungary,[3] and she was possibly a sister-in-law of Judith of Schweinfurt.

She married Adalbert, Margrave of Austria and later took the name of Adelheid and bore a son Ernest, Margrave of Austria.[4]

References

  1. Norwich, John Julius. (1982). A History of Venice. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
  2. Hazlitt, W. Carew. (1915). The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, its Growth, and its Fall. A.D. 4091797. London: Adam and Charles Black. LOC DG676 .H43
  3. Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: Az Árpád-ház uralkodói (IPC Könyvek, 1996)
  4. Dümmerth Dezső: Az Árpádok nyomában. Panoráma Kiadó 1977.
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