List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg

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

No.  | Name  | Image  | Reign  | Notes  | House

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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
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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, Abbess of Quedlinburg|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