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The office of abbess is of considerable social dignity, and in the past, was sometimes filled by princesses of the reigning houses. [2] Until the dissolution of Holy Roman Empire and mediatisation of smaller imperial fiefs by Napoleon, the evangelical Abbess of Quedlinburg was also per officio the head of that reichsunmittelbar state.
In 1340, Elizabeth became the abbess of the newly founded Benedictine monastery in Pustiměř, established by Bishop John Volek of Olomouc. [2] In the founding document, she is described as a relative of the Moravian margrave Charles IV , a co-founder of the monastery, and a sister of John Volek, which would imply she was the daughter of ...
Virgilia Lütz (born Caroline Antonie Lütz; 27 March 1869 – 8 June 1949) was a German Benedictine.She was the reigning abbess of Nonnberg in Salzburg from 1921 until her death in 1949. [1]
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
Crozier of an abbess, model of Whitby Abbey Hilda of Whitby (or Hild of Whitby) (c. 614 – 680) was a saint of the early Church in Britain. She was the founder and first abbess of the monastery at Whitby which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664.
Coronet (left) created for Sophia Albertina and worn at her brother Gustav's coronation in 1772.. Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (Sophia Maria Lovisa Fredrika Albertina; 8 October 1753 – 17 March 1829) was the last Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, and as such reigned as vassal monarch of the Holy Roman Empire.
Beatrice I, also known as Beatrice of Franconia (German: Beatrix von Franken; 1037 – 13 July 1061), was Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey from 1043 and Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey from 1044 until her death.
In 1458, the chapter of the Quedlinburg Abbey elected the 12-year-old Hedwig as successor to Princess-Abbess Anna I, who had died aged 42. Pope Calixtus III confirmed the election but decreed that the Princess-Abbess should reign under the guardianship of her father and canonesses of Quedlinburg until the age of 20.