Hemma (Emma) av Sachsen

Bef 0950 - Abt 1006  (> 56 years)

• Name	Hemma (Emma) av Sachsen
  Nickname	"Emma of Melník"
  Birth	Bef 0950
  	Emma (Hemma) (b. before 950, d. 1005/06) was a Bohemian duchess consort as the second wife of Boleslaus 2 of Bohemia. Her origins are uncertain. Historian Gelasius Dobner (1719–1790) thought she was a princess of Burgundy, and this theory has been recently respected. However the latest research of historians and numismatics indicate that she was of Italian-Burgundian origin and identified with Queen Emma of France (Emma of Italy), widow of King Lothair of France (d. 986). [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1006
  Person ID	I4578	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family	Boleslav av Böhmen, "Boleslav 2",   b. Abt 0932   d. 7 Feb 999 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Emma (Hemma) became the second or wife of Boleslaus 2 about the year 989 and died either in 1005 or 1006. It was traditionally supposed by Czech historians that Emma was the mother of Boleslaus' younger sons Old?ich and Jaromír and that the mother of the oldest son, Boleslaus 3 of Bohemia, was Adiva, the first wife of Boleslaus 2. Afraid of Boleslaus 3, Emma chose to go into exile at the court of Bavaria in 1001 together with Old?ich and Jaromír. The brothers sought military backing from the German King Henry 2. This action definitively placed Bohemia within the jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1004, Jaromír occupied Prague with a German army and made himself Duke. Emma came back to Bohemia, maybe living in town M?lník, where she died. The proof of the existence of Duchess Emma are denars (coins) with the inscription ENMA REGINA (Queen Emma, not duchess). [1]
  Children	+ 1. Udalrik (Oldrich) av Böhmen, "Udalrik 1",   b. Abt 0975   d. 9 Nov 1034 (Age 59 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F2511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S754] Wikipedia (Reliability: 1).