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By the 14th century, the convent was weakened financially and the town of Quedlinburg, asserting its independence of the abbess, was supposed by the bishop of Halberstadt, who was infringing on the convent's ecclesiastical immunity. But under Hedwig, 1477, its lordship over the town and its independence of the bishop were regained.
31 ott 2023 · Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg: Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (1445 - 1511), Abbess, Princess, Noble
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. Pope Calixtus III confirmed the election but decreed that the Princess-Abbess should reign under the guardianship of her father and canonesses of Quedlinburg until the age of 20.
In 1477, Abbess Hedwig, aided by her brothers Ernest and Albert, broke the resistance of the town and expelled the bishop's forces. Quedlinburg was forced to leave the Hanseatic League and was subsequently protected by the Electorate of Saxony. Both town and abbey converted to Lutheranism in 1539 during the Protestant Reformation.
Hedwig (910 - 965/80), who married the West Frankish duke, Hugh the Great; ... This Matilda thus became the first abbess of the convent in Quedlinburg.
She thought of leaving Quedlinburg to follow her sister's example but ultimately changed her mind. In her later years, Anna Sophia suffered from a "chronic cough". Nevertheless, she was elected to succeed Anna Sophia I as princess-abbess of Quedlinburg in 1681 under the name Anna Sophia II.
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