Christian feast day: Cunigunde of Luxembourg

Cunigunde of Luxembourg

Holy Roman Empress from 1014 to 1024; Roman Catholic saint

Cunigunde of Luxembourg, OSB, also called Cunegundes, Cunegunda, and Cunegonda and, in Latin, Cunegundis or Kinigundis, was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Henry II. She ruled as interim regent after the death of her spouse in 1024. She is a…