Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war).[1] In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga. People with such names include:
- Kunigunde of Rapperswil (c. early 4th century), Christian saint
- Cunigunda of Laon, wife of Bernard of Italy (797–818)
- Cunigunde of Swabia (died 918), wife and consort of King Conrad I of East Francia
- Holy Roman Empress St. Cunigunde (of Luxembourg) (c. 975 – 1040), wife and consort of Holy Roman Emperor St. Henry II
- Queen Kunigunde (of Hohenstaufen) (1200? – 13 September 1248), wife and consort of Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
- Queen Kunigunda (of Slavonia) (died 1285), consort of Bohemia and its regent from 1278 to 1285
- St. Kinga of Poland (1234–1292), Patroness of Poland and Lithuania
- Kunigunde of Poland (c. 1298 – 1331), daughter of King Wladyslaw I the Elbow-High of Poland
- Cunigunde of Poland (died 1357), wife of Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Margrave of Brandenburg
- Kunigunde von Orlamünde (1303–1382), consort of Otto VI, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
- Kunigunde of Sternberg (died 1449), first wife of George of Poděbrady
- Queen Kunigunde of Bohemia (died 1464), wife and consort of King Matthias of Hungary
- Kunigunde of Austria (died 1520), archduchess and wife of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
- Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676–1730), Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate
- Kunigunde Streicher, wife of Julius Streicher
- Kunigunde Bachl (1919–1994), German physician and politician
- Kunegunda Godawska-Olchawa (b. 1951), Polish Olympic slalom canoeist
Fictional or legendary
edit- Princess Kunegunda, from a legend of the Chojnik Castle
- Cunégonde, a fictional character in Voltaire's novel Candide
See also
edit- 936 Kunigunde, main-belt asteroid
- Cunégonde (disambiguation)