Rixa of Werle

Rixa of Werle (died 26 November 1317) was the only daughter of Lord Henry I of Werle and his wife Rikissa Birgersdotter. Rikissa was a daughter of Birger Jarl and his first wife Ingeborg.

Rixa of Werle married on 10 January 1284 with Duke Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

They had 11 children:

• Luther (died: c. 1334), joined the Teutonic Order
• Bruno (died: 31 August 1303)
• Adelaide (died: c. 1311), married John, Landgrave of Lower Hesse
• Maud (died: 1 January 1356)
• Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (born: 24 January 1292 – died: 30 August 1344)
• Albert II (born: c. 1294 – died: 13 October 1359), bishop of Halberstadt
• William (born: c. 1295 – died: 1318)
• Henry III (born: c. 1296 – died: 6 February 1363), bishop of Hildesheim
• Richenza (born: c. 1298 – died: 26 April 1317), abbess of Gandersheim Abbey
• Magnus, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (born: c. 1304 – died: July 1369)
• Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen (born: c. 1305 – died: 24 April 1367)

External links

• thePeerage.com, page 535