Rixa von Lothringen was born about 995 or 1000. Her father was Rhineland Count Palatine (
Pfalzgraf) Ezzo von Lothringen, her mother [Mathilde von Saxony]
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Rixa (also spelled Richeza, Richensa, or Richenza) was the granddaughter of emperor
Otto II and his wife
Theophanu. Her mother, Mathilde von Saxony, was the sister of emperor
Otto III. She married
Mieszko II, king of Poland.