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List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg

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This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.[1][2][3]

No. Name Image Reign Notes House
1 Matilda
955 - 7 February 999 		0966–999 Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy; granddaughter of Saint Matilda, founder of the abbey. Ottonian dynasty
2 Adelaide I
977- 14 January 1044 		0999–1044 Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theophanu.
3 Beatrice I
1037- 13 July 1061 		1044–1062 Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Gunhilda of Denmark. Salian dynasty
4 Adelaide II
1045 - 11 January 1096 		1062–1096 Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Agnes of Poitou.
5 Eilica
1080 - 1142 (?) 		1096–1110 The only surviving traces of Eilica are coins found in Sweden.
6 Agnes I
1088- 1125/6 		1110–1125/6 Niece of Beatrice I and Adelaide II and daughter of Vladislaus I Herman, Duke of Poland, and Judith of Swabia. Piast dynasty
7 Gerberga
died 12 July 1137 		1126–1137 Sister of Counts Gottfried and Otto von Cappenberg. House of Cappenberg
8. Beatrice II
1123- 2 April 1160 		1137–1160 Daughter of Herrmann I, Count of Winzenburg, and Hedwig of Wöltingerode. House of Formbach
9 Meregart
 1160–1161
10 Adelaide III
died 1 May 1184 		1161–1184 Daughter of Frederick VI, Count Palatine of Saxony, and Lutgard of Salzwedel. House of Sommerschenburg
11 Agnes II
19 June 1145 - 22 January 1203 		1184–1203 Daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, and Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein. House of Wettin
12 Sophia I
1182 - 9 June 1226 		1203–1226 Niece of Agnes II and daughter of Frederick I of Brehna and Hedwig of Böhmen-Jamnitz.
13 Bertradis I
1221-1229 		1226–1230 Daughter of Dedo II, Lord of Krosigk, and Adelaide of Harbke. House of Krosigk
14 Cunigunde
1222-1231 		1230–1231 Sister of Bishop Meinard von Kranichfeld House of Kranichfeld
15 Osterlinde
died 1233 		1231–1233 House of Falkenstein
16 Gertrude
died 11 October 1270 		1233–1270 Daughter of Werner von Ampfurth. House of Ampfurth
17 Bertradis II
1270-13 October 1308 		1270–1308
18 Jutta
1285- 5 November 1347 		1308–1347 Daughter of Volrad VIII, Count of Kranichfeld. House of Schwarzburg
19 Luitgard
1336-17 December 1353 		1347–1353 Daughter of Louis, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode. House of Stolberg
20 Agnes III
died 9 October 1364 		1354–1362 Daughter of Lappo von Schraplau. House of Schraplau
21 Elisabeth I
died 1375 		1362–1375 House of Hakeborn
22 Margaret
1355- 13/14 December 1379 		1376–1379 Sister of Agnes III and daughter Lappo von Schraplau. House of Schraplau
23 Irmgard
1356-20/22 August 1405 		1379–1405 Daughter of Albert I, Burgrave of Kirchberg and Elisabeth of Orlamünde. House of Kirchberg
24 Adelaide IV
1376-†15 March 1441 		1405–1435 Daughter of Henry II, Lord of Isenburg, and Countess Adelaide of Hanau. House of Isenburg
25 Anna I
1416-14 January 1458 Quedlinburg 		1435–1458 Daughter of Heinrich IX von Reuss, Lord of Plauen and Königswarth, and Countess Anna of Riesenburg. House of Reuss
26 Hedwig
31 October 1445-13 June 1511 		1458–1511 Daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria and niece of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. House of Wettin
27 Magdalene
1491- 2 October 1515 		1511–1515 Daughter of Albert IV of Anhalt and Elisabeth of Mansfeld. House of Ascania
28 Anna II
28 January 1504 - 4 March 1574 		1515–1574 The last Catholic abbess and the first Lutheran abbess. Daughter of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, and Anna von Eppenstein. House of Stolberg
29 Elisabeth II
1542- 20 July 1584 		1574–1584 Daughter of Count Ulrich of Regenstein-Blankenburg and Magdalena of Stolberg. House of Regenstein
30 Anna III
3 April 1565-12 May 1601 		1584–1601 Daughter of Count Henry of Stolberg and Elisabeth von Gleichen. House of Stolberg
31 Maria
7 October 1571- 7 March 1610 		1601–1610 Daughter of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Countess Dorothea Susanna of the Palatinate. House of Wettin
32 Dorothea
7 January 1591-17 November 1617 		1610–1617 Daughter of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.
33 Dorothea Sophia
19 December 1587 - 10 February 1645 		1617–1645 Daughter of Frederick William I and Sophie of Württemberg.
34 Anna Sophia I
2 April 1619 1. September 1680 		1645–1680 Daughter of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Countess Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde. House of Wittelsbach
35 Anna Sophia II
17 December 1638-13 December 1683 		1681–1683 Daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony. House of Hesse-Darmstadt
36 Anna Dorothea
12 November 1657 - 24 June 1704 		1684–1704 Daughter of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Duchess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. House of Wettin
37 Marie Elisabeth
21 March 1678 - 17 July 1755 		1718–1755 Daughter of Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
38 Anna Amalia
9 November 1723-30 March 1787 		1756–1787 Daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. House of Hohenzollern
39 Sophia Albertina
8 October 1753 - 17 March 1829 		1787–1803 Niece of Anna Amalia and daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

References

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  1. ^ Johann Heinrich Fritsch: Geschichte des vormaligen Reichsstifts Quedlinburg pt 2, 1828, pp. 26–28 (online version)
  2. ^ Gottfried Christian Voigt: Geschichte des Stifts Quedlinburg: Mit Kupfern, Band 3, 1791 (online version)
  3. ^ Hermann Lorenz: Quedlinburgische Geschichte. Band 1: Werdegang von Stift und Stadt Quedlinburg. Magistrat der Stadt, Quedlinburg 1922

Further reading

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  • Klaus Gereon Beuckers: "Kaiserliche Äbtissinnen. Bemerkungen zur familiären Positionierung der ottonischen Äbtissinnen in Quedlinburg, Gandersheim und Essen", in: Thomas Schilp (ed.): Frauen bauen Europa. Internationale Verflechtungen des Frauenstifts Essen. Klartext Verlag, Essen 2011, pp. 65–88. ISBN 9783837506723
  • Winfrid Glocker: Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik. Köln–Wien 1989. ISBN 3412127884
  • Marita Kremer: Die Personal- und Amtsdaten der Äbtissinnen des Stifts Quedlinburg bis zum Jahre 1574. Leipzig 1924. (= Phil. Diss. Univ. Leipzig 1924)
  • Ute Küppers-Braun: "Kanonissin, Dechantin, Pröpstin und Äbtissin – Quedlinburger Stiftsdamen nach der Reformation", in: Kayserlich – frey – weltlich. Das Reichsstift Quedlinburg im Spätmittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit, ed. Clemens Bley and Werner Freitag. Halle (Saale) 2009, pp. 30–104. ISBN 9783898126281
  • Manfred Mehl: Die Münzen des Stiftes Quedlinburg. Hamburg 2006, pp. 138–176. ISBN 3933420024
  • Christa Rienäcker: Quedlinburg in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Quedlinburg 1989, pp. 25–27.
  • Thomas Vogtherr: "Die salischen Äbtissinnen des Reichsstifts Quedlinburg", in: Von sacerdotium und regnum. Köln 2002, pp. 405–420. ISBN 3412164011
  • Ludwig Weiland: "Chronologie der älteren Äbtissinnen von Quedlinburg und Gandersheim", in: Zeitschrift des Harzvereins für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 8 (1875), pp. 474–489.
  • Max Wilberg: Regententabellen-Eine Zusammenstellung der Herrscher von Ländern aller Erdteile bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Frankfurt/Oder 1906 [reprinted Berlin 1987] ISBN 3344000942
  • Christian Marlow: Die Quedlinburger Äbtissinnen im Hochmittelalter. Das Stift Quedlinburg in Zeiten der Krisen und des Wandels bis 1137, Magdeburg 2017
  • Teresa Schöder-Stapper: Fürstäbtissinnen, Frühneuzeitliche Stiftsherrschaften zwischen Verwandtschaft, Lokalgewalten und Reichsverband. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar Wien, 2015. ISBN 9783412224851
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