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Hedwig of Saxony (31 October 1445 – 13 June 1511) was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1458 until her death. Accession. Born in Meissen, Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria.
Hedwig of Saxony (31 October 1445 – 13 June 1511) was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1458 until her death. Quick Facts Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg, Reign ... Close. Accession. Born in Meissen, Hedwig was the youngest daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria.
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 ...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.
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.
The Castle Hill is an elevation of the Northern Harz foreland - southwest of the old town of Quedlinburg. It slopes in the south and east to the 'Mühlengraben' (millrace), which branches off from...
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.
