Ryksa Explained

In early Polish history, the given name Ryksa may refer to:

• Ryksa (Hilderyka, Brunhilda), sometimes mistakenly named as the German wife of the legendary 9th-century Polish ruler Popiel; however, the actual real name of Popiel's wife has not been specified by early historians.^[1]
• Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia or Ryksa (around 1063), Queen of Poland, wife of King Mieszko II (1025–1031).^[2]
• Ryksa (1018 - after 1059), possible name of wife of Béla "filia Miskæ (Polonorum duce)" as recorded in "The Gesta Hungarorum, (Europäische Stammtafeln).
• Richeza of Sweden, Queen of Poland, known as Ryksa, spouse of King Przemysł II, born before 1273, deceased before 1293.^[3]
• Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (Czech: Eliška-Rejčka; Polish: Ryksa-Elżbieta; 1288–1335), queen consort of Bohemia and of Poland, and Duchess consort of Austria and Styria

See also

• Rzepicha, wife of the semi-legendary Piast Kołodziej (the Wheelwright)

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=o_cKAAAAIAAJ&dq=zona+Popiela&pg=PA141 Historya narodu polskiego
2. http://beatchen.www1.50megs.com/ksjacek/rcc_in_p.htm The Catholic Church in Poland: Saints.
3. Note: Richeza was also called Ryksa Waldemarówna or Ryksa Szwedzka in Poland