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Cunigunde of Luxembourg (980-1033)

"Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB (c. 975 – 3 March 1040), also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II. She served as interim Regent after the death of her spouse in 1024. She is a Roman Catholic saint and the Patroness of Luxembourg and Lithuania; her feast day is 3 March." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020)

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died Kaufungen March 3, 1033
Wife of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
daughter of Siegfried of Luxembourg [father of], Hedwig of Nordgau [mother of]
was buried Bamberg Cathedral

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official Empress Holy Roman Empire
official Queen Holy Roman Empire

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