{{Short description|Margravine of Austria (1015–1071)}} {{Infobox noble|type | name = Frozza Orseolo | title = | image = File:Markgraefin Adelhaid.JPG | caption = Frozza's image on the Babenberg family tree | spouse = [[Adalbert, Margrave of Austria]] | issue = [[Ernest, Margrave of Austria]] | father = [[Otto Orseolo]] | mother = [[Grimelda of Hungary]] | birth_date = 1015 | birth_place = [[Venice]], [[Republic of Venice]] | death_date = 17 February 1071 }} '''Frozza Orseolo''' (1015 – 17 February 1071) was a Margravine of Austria by marriage to [[Adalbert, Margrave of Austria]]. She was also a member of the Venetian [[Orseolo|House of Orseolo]].
==Life== Frozza was born in Venice as a daughter of Doge [[Otto Orseolo]] and his wife, Princess [[Grimelda of Hungary]].<ref>[[John Julius Norwich|Norwich, John Julius]]. (1982). ''A History of Venice''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.</ref>
Her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all [[Doges of Venice]], and were members of the [[Orseolo|House of Orseolo]], whose ancestors were the first historical Doges of Venice, the [[Orso Ipato|Ipatos]].<ref>[[William Carew Hazlitt|Hazlitt, W. Carew]]. (1915). ''The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, its Growth, and its Fall. A.D. 409–1797''. London: Adam and Charles Black. [[Library of Congress|LOC]] DG676 .H43</ref>
Her brother was [[Peter, King of Hungary|Peter the Venetian]], King of Hungary<ref>Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: Az Árpád-ház uralkodói (IPC Könyvek, 1996)</ref> and she was possibly a sister-in-law of [[Judith of Schweinfurt]].
She married [[Adalbert, Margrave of Austria]], of the [[House of Babenberg]], and later took the name of [[Adelheid]]. They had 2 sons: Leopold & [[Ernest, Margrave of Austria]].<ref>Dümmerth Dezső: Az Árpádok nyomában. Panoráma Kiadó 1977.</ref>
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