Immilla of Turin
Bornc.1020
Turin
Died1078
Turin
Noble familyArduinici
Spouse(s)
Issue
FatherUlric Manfred II of Turin
MotherBertha of Milan

Immilla (also Emilia, Immula, Ermengard, or Irmgard) (born c. 1020; died January 1078)[1] was a duchess consort of Swabia by marriage to Otto III, Duke of Swabia, and a margravine of Meissen by marriage to Ekbert I of Meissen. She was regent of Meissen during the minority of her son, Ekbert II.

Life

Immilla was the daughter of Ulric Manfred II of Turin and Bertha of Milan and thereby a member of the Arduinici dynasty. Her older sister was Adelaide of Susa.

Her first husband was Otto III, Duke of Swabia, whom she married c. 1036.[2] After Otto's death in September 1057,[3] Immilla married again (c.1058). Her second husband was Ekbert I of Meissen.[4]

In 1067, shortly before his death, Ekbert I attempted to repudiate Immilla in order to marry Adela of Louvain, daughter of Lambert II, Count of Louvain and the widow of Otto I, Margrave of Meissen.[5] After Ekbert's death in 1068, Immilla spent some time at the imperial court with her niece Bertha, before returning to Italy.[6] It is possible that she acted as regent for her young son, Ekbert II, at this time.[7]

Immilla died in Turin in January 10, 1078. She is sometimes said to have become a nun before her death.[8]

Marriages and children

With her first husband, Otto, Immilla had five daughters:

With her second husband, Ekbert I, Immilla had the following children:

References

  • H. Bresslau, Jahrbücher des Deutschen Reichs unter Konrad II., 2 vols. (1884), accessible online at: archive.org
  • C.W. Previté-Orton, The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) (Cambridge, 1912), accessible online at: archive.org
  • S. Hellmann, Die Grafen von Savoyen und das Reich: bis zum Ende der staufischen Periode (Innsbruck, 1900), accessible online (but without page numbers) at: Genealogie Mittelalter
  • L. Fenske, Adelsopposition und kirchliche Reformbewegung im östlichen Sachsen. Entstehung und Wirkung des sächsischen Widerstandes gegen das salische Königtum während des Investiturstreites (1977).

Notes

  1. Bresslau, Jahrbücher, I, p. 378 (birthdate); Previté-Orton, Early History, p. 232 (deathdate)
  2. Previté-Orton, Early History, p. 217
  3. Hellmann, Grafen, p. 21
  4. Hellmann, Grafen, p. 21; Previté-Orton, Early History, p. 231
  5. Bresslau, Jahrbücher, I, p. 378; Creber, Alison (2019-04-22). "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Dissolving Royal and Noble Marriages in Eleventh-Century Germany". German History. 37 (2): 149–171. doi:10.1093/gerhis/ghy108. ISSN 0266-3554.
  6. Bresslau, Jahrbücher, I, p. 378
  7. Fenske, Adelsopposition, pp. 35,74
  8. Previté-Orton, Early History, p. 232
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