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Also Known As Agnes of Aquitaine • Agnès de Poitou • Agnès d’Aquitaine
Born c.1024
Died December 14, 1077 • Rome • Holy Roman Empire
Notable Family Members son Henry IV
Nicholas II
Nicholas II
pope
Charles III, 8th duke de Bourbon
French constable
Anton Fugger
German merchant
Jakob Fugger II the Rich
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portrait of Charlemagne by Albrecht Dürer
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Frederick I during the Crusades
Frederick I
Holy Roman emperor
Henry IV
Henry IV
Holy Roman emperor
Louis IV
Holy Roman emperor
Louis the Pious
Louis I
Holy Roman emperor
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Albrecht von Wallenstein
Bohemian military commander
Maximilian I
Maximilian I
Holy Roman emperor
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II
Holy Roman emperor
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
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Leopold I
Leopold I
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Henry III
Henry III
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Otto I and Edith
Otto I
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
Spanish soldier and statesman
Conrad II
Holy Roman emperor