Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Cunigunde f. Gothic kuni 'kin, family' + Old High German gund 'war, battle'.

The name of a 9th C queen of East Franconia, a 9th C queen of the Lombards, an 11th C Holy Roman empress and saint, a 13th C Polish saint, and two 13th C queens consort of Bohemia.

Austria
Latin
● c1070 Chunigunt (nom) UrkStyria 71
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1353 Cuncze (dat) chlumecky 136, Cunehunda (nom) ibid. 7, p. 21, Cunhunde (dat) ibid. 61
◑ 1349 Cuncze (dat) chlumecky 51; 1353 Cunca (nom) ibid. 145; 1356 Cunce (dat) ibid. 143; 1358 Kuncze (dat) ibid. 230, p. 31
Germany
Latin
● 1003 Conigunda (abl) HambUrk-vol1 LVI; 1005 Chunigunda (nom) UrkStyria 34; 1007 Cunigundę (gen) ibid. 35; 1010 Cunigunde (abl) quix-vol1 84; 1016 Cunigundae (gen) UrkStyria 38, Cunigundę (gen) ibid. 37; 1018 Kunigunde (gen) quix-vol1 57; 1020 Cvnigvndis (nom) UrkStyria 39; 1023 Cunigundae (gen) ibid. 41; 1207 Cunegundis (nom) hennes-vol1 8; 1216 Kunigundis (gen) ibid. 24; 1249 Kunegundis (gen) ibid. 131, Kunegundym (acc) ibid. 131
◑ 1291 Cuze (gen) hennes-vol1 321
Early New High German
● 1497 Kungund Nurn1497 66, Kungunt ibid. 2734
Middle Low German
● 1304 Conegunt (nom) BremUrk2 no. 38
Latvia
Latin
● 1345 Conegundis (nom) RigSB 296
◑ 1288 Kineke (nom) RigSB 996
Middle Low German
◑ 1460x1465 Kyne Mettig1892 p. 10
Poland
Latin
◑ 1275 Kynga (abl) CDT1 XXIII
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Cunigunde". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Cunigunde.