List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg

Last updated December 09, 2024

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

No.	Name	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.	Ottonian dynasty
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.	Salian dynasty
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.	House of Wettin
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

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References

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

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