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View Name: Kunegunda


KUNEGUNDA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Polish
PRONOUNCED: kuw-ne-GUWN-dah   [key]
Meaning & History
Polish form of KUNIGUNDE. The 13th-century Saint Kunegunda was the daughter of Bela IV, king of Hungary. She married Boleslaus V of Poland, but after his death refused to assume power and instead became a nun.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVE: Kinga
OTHER LANGUAGES: Cunigund (Ancient Germanic), Kunigonde (Dutch), Cunégonde (French), Kunigunde, Kinge (German)



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