Countess Palatine Irmengard of the Rhine

Who is Countess Palatine Irmengard of the Rhine?

Countess Palatine Irmengard of the Rhine, also known as Irmengard of Baden was Margravine of Baden by her marriage to Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden. She brought the city of Pforzheim into the marriage.

She was the daughter of Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine, who was also duke of Brunswick, and his wife, and his wife Agnes of Hohenstaufen. Her paternal grandfather was Henry the Lion.

She and her husband are known as patrons of the monasteries in Maulbronn, Tennenbach, Herrenalb, Selz, Salem and Backnang Abbey. In 1245, Irmengard founded Lichtenthal Abbey in Lichtental