Richeza of Lorraine

Richeza of Lorraine (also called Richenza, Rixa or Ryksa) was born around 995 or 1000 and died on 21 March 1063 at Saalfeld. Of the house of the Ezzonen, she was queen of Poland, wife of Mieszko II Lambert. She is beatified by the Roman Catholic Church, which remembers her on 21 March.

Her marriage to the Polish king was arranged to strengthen the ties between Mieszko and her uncle, the emperor Otto III. She returned to Germany after her husband's deposition in 1031, either divorcing or separating from him. After the death of her brother Duke Otto II of Swabia and the consequent extinction of the male line of her family, Richeza became a nun, worked to preserve the Ezzonen heritage, and funded the restoration of the abbey of Brauweiler.

She is a blessed of the West, who died before 1066; no Orthodox synodal canonization is known.