List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg


This is a list of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.
No.NameImageReignNotesHouse
1Matilda
955 - 7 February 999		966–999Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy; granddaughter of Saint Matilda, founder of the abbey.Ottonian dynasty
2Adelaide I
977- 14 January 1044		999–1044Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theophanu.Ottonian dynasty
3Beatrice I
1037- 13 July 1061		1044–1062Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Gunhilda of Denmark.Salian dynasty
4Adelaide II
1045 - 11 January 1096		1062–1096Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Agnes of Poitou.Salian dynasty
5Eilica
1080 - 1142 		1096–1110The only surviving traces of Eilica are coins found in Sweden.
6Agnes I
1088- 1125/6		1110–1125/6Niece of Beatrice I and Adelaide II and daughter of Vladislaus I Herman, Duke of Poland, and Judith of Swabia.Piast dynasty
7Gerberga
died 12 July 1137		1126–1137Sister of Counts Gottfried and Otto von Cappenberg.House of Cappenberg
8.Beatrice II
1123- 2 April 1160		1137–1160Daughter of Herrmann I, Count of Winzenburg, and Hedwig of Wöltingerode.House of Formbach
9Meregart
1160–1161
10Adelaide III
died 1 May 1184		1161–1184Daughter of Frederick VI, Count Palatine of Saxony, and Lutgard of Salzwedel.House of Sommerschenburg
11Agnes II
19 June 1145 - 22 January 1203		1184–1203Daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, and Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein.House of Wettin
12Sophia I
1182 - 9 June 1226		1203–1226Niece of Agnes II and daughter of Frederick I of Brehna and Hedwig of Böhmen-Jamnitz.House of Wettin
13Bertradis I
1221-1229		1226–1230Daughter of Dedo II, Lord of Krosigk, and Adelaide of Harbke.House of Krosigk
14Cunigunde
1222-1231		1230–1231Sister of Bishop Meinard von KranichfeldHouse of Kranichfeld
15Osterlinde
died 1233		1231–1233House of Falkenstein
16Gertrude
died 11 October 1270		1233–1270Daughter of Werner von Ampfurth.House of Ampfurth
17Bertradis II
1270-13 October 1308		1270–1308
18Jutta
1285- 5 November 1347		1308–1347Daughter of Volrad VIII, Count of Kranichfeld.House of Schwarzburg
19Luitgard
1336-17 December 1353		1347–1353Daughter of Louis, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode.House of Stolberg
20Agnes III
died 9 October 1364		1354–1362Daughter of Lappo von Schraplau.House of Schraplau
21Elisabeth I
died 1375		1362–1375House of Hakeborn
22Margaret
1355- 13/14 December 1379		1376–1379Sister of Agnes III and daughter Lappo von Schraplau.House of Schraplau
23Irmgard
1356-20/22 August 1405		1379–1405Daughter of Albert I, Burgrave of Kirchberg and Elisabeth of Orlamünde.House of Kirchberg
24Adelaide IV
1376-†15 March 1441		1405–1435Daughter of Henry II, Lord of Isenburg, and Countess Adelaide of Hanau.House of Isenburg
25Anna I
1416-14 January 1458 Quedlinburg		1435–1458Daughter of Heinrich IX von Reuss, Lord of Plauen and Königswarth, and Countess Anna of Riesenburg.House of Reuss
26Hedwig
31 October 1445-13 June 1511		1458–1511Daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria and niece of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.House of Wettin
27Magdalene
1491- 2 October 1515		1511–1515Daughter of Albert IV of Anhalt and Elisabeth of Mansfeld.House of Ascania
28Anna II
28 January 1504 - 4 March 1574		1515–1574The last Roman Catholic abbess and the first Lutheran abbess. Daughter of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, and Anna von Eppenstein.House of Stolberg
29Elisabeth II
1542- 20 July 1584		1574–1584Daughter of Count Ulrich of Regenstein-Blankenburg and Magdalena of Stolberg.House of Regenstein
30Anna III
3 April 1565-12 May 1601		1584–1601Daughter of Count Henry of Stolberg and Elisabeth von Gleichen.House of Stolberg
31Maria
7 October 1571- 7 March 1610		1601–1610Daughter of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Countess Dorothea Susanna of the Palatinate.House of Wettin
32Dorothea
7 January 1591-17 November 1617		1610–1617Daughter of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.House of Wettin
33Dorothea Sophia
19 December 1587 - 10 February 1645		1617–1645Daughter of Frederick William I and Sophie of Württemberg.House of Wettin
34Anna Sophia I
2 April 1619 1. September 1680		1645–1680Daughter of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Countess Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde.House of Wittelsbach
35Anna Sophia II
17 December 1638-13 December 1683		1681–1683Daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony.House of Hesse-Darmstadt
36Anna Dorothea
12 November 1657 - 24 June 1704		1684–1704Daughter of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Duchess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.House of Wettin
37Marie Elisabeth
21 March 1678 - 17 July 1755		1718–1755Daughter of Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark.House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
38Anna Amalia
9 November 1723-30 March 1787		1756–1787Daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.House of Hohenzollern
39Sophia Albertina
8 October 1753 - 17 March 1829		1787–1803Niece of Anna Amalia and daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp