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
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		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	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

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

• 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