Hedwig IV of Gernrode

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Abbess Hedwig IV of Gernrode

Hedwig IV. Was the abbess of the combined monasteries of Gernrode and Frose from 1307 to 1316 . She was the successor to Irmingard II von Ummendorf .

Life

It is not known which sex Hedwig IV comes from.

Only one document of June 6, 1311 is known of her, according to which she had to sell some abbey goods in order to be able to redeem the pledged church treasure. (CDA III, 151 no.131)

Hedwig IV seems to have taken office in 1307. Her predecessor is last attested there. She seems to have ruled until 1316, because her successor Gertrude II of Boventhen received papal confirmation on January 21, 1317. She will have died in the last months of the previous year.

literature

Primary literature

  • Andreas Popperodt: Historia Ecclesiae Gerenrodenses 1560, first version by Johann Christoph Beckmann in Accesiones Historia Anhaltinae 1716 as Annales Gernrodensis .

Secondary literature

  • Otto von Heinemann: History of the abbey and description of the collegiate church at Gernrode 1877.
  • Hans Hartung: On the past of Gernrode 1912.
  • Hans K. Schulze, Reinhold Specht, Günter W. Vorbrodt: The Gernrode Abbey . With an art history contribution about the collegiate church, Cologne / Graz 1965.

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personal data
SURNAME Hedwig IV of Gernrode
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess in the St. Cyriakus Abbey in Gernrode
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after 1316