Agnes of Poitou ^{2 3}

   Another name for Agnes was Agnes of Aquitaine.

  General Notes:

French AGNÈS DE POITOU, OR AGNÈS D'AQUITAINE, second wife of the Holy Roman emperor Henry III. She was regent (1056-62) during the minority of her son, the future Henry IV.

Agnes was a daughter of William V the Great, duke of Aquitaine, and was a descendant of the kings of Burgundy and Italy. She married Henry III on Nov. 1, 1043, forming an alliance designed to cement the empire's relations with its neighbouring states to the west. On Henry's death she assumed the regency for her son until it was wrested from her by Archbishop Anno of Cologne in 1062. Agnes then retired to a convent.

  Research Notes:

Her year of birth is also recorded as ca 1024.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was an Empress.

Agnes married Henry III of Germany, son of Conrad II of Germany and Gisele of Swabia, on 1 Nov 1043.¹ (Henry III of Germany was born on 28 Oct 1017 in Ostenbach and died on 5 Oct 1056 in Pfalz Bodfeld, near Goslar, Saxony.)

  Marriage Notes:

Their marriage date is also recorded as 21 Nov 1043.