She had a relationship with Ulric I Margrave of Carniola.
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Sophia of Hungary
Duchess consort of Saxony
Tenure28 March 1072 - 18 June 1095
Bornc. 1050
Died18 June 1095
BurialSt. Michaelis, Lüneburg
SpouseUlric I, Margrave of Carniola
Magnus, Duke of Saxony
IssueUlric II, Margrave of Carniola
Poppo II, Margrave of Carniola
Richardis
Adelaide
Walburga
Wulfhilde of Saxony
Eilika of Saxony
HouseÁrpád dynasty
FatherBéla I of Hungary
MotherRicheza of Poland
Sophia of Hungary (c. 1050 – 18 June 1095), a member of the royal Árpád dynasty, was a Margravine of Istria and Carniola from about 1062 until 1070, by her first marriage with Margrave Ulric I, as well as Duchess of Saxony from 1072 until her death, by her second marriage with Duke Magnus Billung.
Life
Sophia was the daughter of King Béla I of Hungary (c. 1020 – 1063) and his consort Richeza of Poland. Her father, ruler in the former Principality of Nitra at the time of her birth, fled to Poland during dynastical struggles with his brother King Andrew I. In 1060 he returned to Hungary and, with Polish support, assumed the throne at Esztergom.
Béla's daughter Sophia initially was engaged to Margrave William of Meissen, who had been sent to Hungary with an Imperial army by Dowager Empress Agnes of Poitou. William was arrested by Béla, who nevertheless admired his bravery. However, he died unexpectedly in 1062, before he could marry Sophia. She then married his nephew Margrave Ulric I of Carniola. Her husband, a loyal supporter of the German royal Salian dynasty, made use of his excellent contacts with the Hungarian ruler and enlarged his Istrian territories against the resistance of the Patriarchs of Aquileia and the Republic of Venice. By 1063, he held extended estates along the Adriatic coast down to Fiume (Rijeka) which later were elevated to the Duchy of Merania; his possessions were officially confirmed by King Henry IV of Germany.
After Ulrich's death in 1070, Sophia married the Billung prince Magnus (d. 1106), son of Duke Ordulf of Saxony. Magnus supported the rebellious Saxon count Otto of Nordheim and was arrested by the forces of King Henry IV; he even remained in captivity when he succeeded his father as duke in 1072. Not until August 1073, during the Saxon Rebellion, he was released from custody at Harzburg Castle. He later participated in the Great Saxon Revolt, but finally reconciled with King Henry.
Issue
From her first marriage with Ulric, she had the following children:
Ulric II, Margrave of Carniola (d. 1112), married Adelaide of Thuringia (d. 1146)
Poppo II, Margrave of Carniola (d. 1098), married Richgard (d. 1130), the daughter of Count Engelbert I of Spanheim
Richardis, married Count Otto II of Scheyern (d. c. 1110)
Adelaide (d. 1122), married firstly Frederick II of Diessen, bailiff (Vogt) of the Regensburg cathedral chapter, and secondly Count Udalschalk of Lurngau (d. 1115), a member of the Grögling-Hirschberg family
Walburga
From her second marriage with Magnus, she had two daughters:
Wulfhilde (d. 29 December 1126 in Altdorf, buried in Weingarten), married Duke Henry IX "the Black" of Bavaria (d. 1126), a member of the House of Welf
Eilika (d. 18 January 1142), married Count Otto of Ballenstedt (d. 9 February 1123), a member of the House of Ascania who in 1122 became Duke of Saxony.
Sources
(in German) "Sophia von Ungarn". genealogie-mittelalter.de. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
Categories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_of_Hungary : German duchessesGerman princessesHouse of Árpád1050s births1095 deaths11th-century German nobility11th-century German womenDaughters of kingsRemarried royal consorts
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