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Hedwig of Saxony (31 October 1445 – 13 June 1511) was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1458 until her death.
List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg. This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey. [1] [2] [3] Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy; granddaughter of Saint Matilda, founder of the abbey. Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theophanu .
No.NameImageReign1Matilda 955 - 7 February 9990 966–999Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, ...2Adelaide I 977- 14 January 10440 999–1044Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, ...3Beatrice I 1037- 13 July 10611044–1062Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman ...4Adelaide II 1045 - 11 January 10961062–1096Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of ...Accession. Born in Meissen, Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria. In 1458, the chapter of the Quedlinburg Abbey elected the 12-year-old Hedwig as successor to Princess-Abbess Anna I, who had died aged 42.
No.NameImageReign1Matilda 955 - 7 February 9990 966–999Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, ...2Adelaide I 977- 14 January 10440 999–1044Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, ...3Beatrice I 1037- 13 July 10611044–1062Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman ...4Adelaide II 1045 - 11 January 10961062–1096Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of ...bishop. Hedwig of Saxony was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1458 until her death. Background. Born in Meissen, Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria.
Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg. Categories: German Roman Catholic abbesses. Female heads of state. Secular abbesses. Princesses in Germany. Nobles of the Holy Roman Empire by title. Christian abbesses by abbey.
Quedlinburg Abbey (German: Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of the East Frankish King Henry the Fowler, as his memorial.
Category. : Abbesses of Quedlinburg. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Quedlinburg Abbey. monastery in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wikipedia.
