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Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile

1140 - 1185

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Richeza of Poland (also known as Richeza of Silesia; Polish: Ryksa śląska; c. 1140 – 16 June 1185) was a Polish noblewoman of the House of Piast in the Silesian branch. By her marriages she was Queen consort of Galicia, León and Castile, Countess of Provence, and Countess of Eberstein. Richeza was the third child and only daughter of Władysław II the Exile, the High Duke of Poland and ruler of Silesia, by his wife Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Margrave Leopold III of Austria and half-sister of King Conrad III of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile is the 529th most popular nobleman (down from 420th in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 371st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile ranks 529 out of 1,415. Before her are Frances Shand Kydd, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Bertrand, Count of Toulouse, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, and John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After her are Yaroslav of Tver, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Rupert II, Elector Palatine, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, and Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1140, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile ranks 9. Before her are Hoelun, Adela of Champagne, Peter Waldo, William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, Bertran de Born, and Sophia of Minsk. After her are Bernhard, Count of Anhalt, Peire Vidal, Michael Choniates, Xin Qiji, Theodore Balsamon, and Simon II, Duke of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1185, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile ranks 13. Before her are Bhāskara II, Agnes of Courtenay, Emperor Antoku, Manuel Komnenos, Andronikos Doukas Angelos, and John Kinnamos. After her are Beatrice of Rethel, and Taira no Munemori.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile ranks 402 out of 1,694. Before her are Carl Tausig (1841), Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Alfred Korzybski (1879), and I. L. Peretz (1852). After her are Barbara Jagiellon (1478), Max von Gallwitz (1852), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), and Jacek Malczewski (1854).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Poland

Among noblemen born in Poland, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile ranks 9. Before her are Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1863), Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619), and Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755). After her are Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (1693), Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania (1318), Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1454), Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1549), Philip I, Duke of Pomerania (1515), and George I, Duke of Pomerania (1493).

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