Judith came from the family of Habsburg, born in marriage to the later Roman King Rudolph I and Gertrude of hohenberg. Already as a three-year became the object of her father's political plans, when she was at the Council of Lyon (1274), betrothed as old grandson of Charles of Anjou. [1] although not explicitly stated, that of the six daughters of Rudolfových is just about the Gutu, however her engagement proves a brief report in the annals of Basel and the Charter of the 2. July 1275. [2]
When Rudolf of Habsburg in 1276 under the Vienna peace treaties with Otakar II. He arranged that one of his daughters (name not mentioned) [3] Czech Václav kralevice marry, then five, then maybe he was mean Gutu, although it was still officially betrothed with Karl Martelem. [4]
It was a plan for more advantageous marriage to Rudolph I arranged for my children. The other daughters also to give to various powerful families and sňatková among other things, the policy was one of its mainstays in attracting allies against the King.
The marriage of Václav II.
The formal marriage (engagement) and was already in Guty 1279 in Jihlava, the second marriage took place in early 1285 in Cheb and the bride as a dowry "Duchy of Austria from the Moravian border to border the Danube" (eventually the territory there). This was followed by a festive wedding night, but then took his teenage daughter of Rudolf back to Germany. Apparently because of sin, which dominated the Prague Court (he meant an illegitimate coexistence widowed Queen Kunhuta, Závišem of the L). In fact by holding Václav II. in chess, because without a wife could not as the only living heir of the Přemyslid beget a legitimate.
At Prague courtyard
The gravestone of the last daughters Guty (d. 1297), from St Agnes convent, Prague Lapidarium of the National Museum,
When Wenceslaus II. reported to 1287 his royal coronation (which, however, was not at that time), she was finally in the summer to Prague and his wife Judith of Habsburg. Kunigunda was at that time already after death, and so began the Václavově yard soon set the tone just a young Queen, according to the chronicler zbraslavského said, the noble and above all extremely chaste and virtuous Lady.
"... Lady friendly, untouched for Evil, or Good, or Plywood. For your rare behavior was given for you Lady. And her gentleness and constantly puts Mr King. “
— Ulrich von Etzenbach [5]
Judith was acting as well as her father a great resentment to dobrodružnému Falkenštejnovi and probably contributed to the fact that her husband ceased to be a stepdad inclined and finally gave it to execute. Judith was a particular champion of the interests of Habsburg on the Prague Court. Support Vaclav in its interest of Poland, and was also a mediator in the settlement of disagreements between her husband and his brother, later římskoněmeckým King Albrecht.
Only 2. June the year 1297 in Prague took place several times before the planned Coronation of Wenceslaus II. the Czech King. The ceremony was magnificent, but the Queen, who šestadvacetiletou from the recent (ninth), birth within me sick with the flashy ceremony, in which the obtížena šatem had to be great and sumptuous Crown jewelry, tired to death. Two weeks after she died (in the post-natal period), as well as before her last daughter Judith.
During the 10-year marital cohabitation with Václav II. She gave Judith of Habsburg life ten children [6]. Adult age is reached only the second son of Wenceslaus III. (his sister-twin sister Agnes died), the last premyslid King on the Czech throne, and Anna's daughter, Eliška and Markéta.
Continuing pregnancy Gutu extremely drained, last birth was probably premature and had a direct influence on its premature death.