List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg

This is a list of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.

No. Name Image Reign Notes House
1 Matilda
955 - 7 February 999
966–999 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
999–1044 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
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.
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
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 Madalene
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 Roman 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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