Adelheid von Woldenberg
Adelheid von Woldenberg was the first abbess of the St. Aegidii Monastery in Münster . She died in 1208 or 1209.
It came from the Woldenberg family . Burkhard I. von Woldenberg was her brother.
She married Helmold I. von Schwerin . Since he died young, they were left without any descendants.
She inherited goods near Ascheberg (Westphalia) from previous possession of the Billunger . After her brother Ludiger von Woldenberg died around 1203, she gave these goods to the diocese of Münster in 1206 and was later buried in St. Paulus Cathedral (Münster) as a thank you - the only person who did not belong to the cathedral chapter .
After Helmold's untimely death, she did not appear for a few years. Around 1206 she became abbess of the St. Aegidii Monastery in Münster.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The Cistercian, later Benedictine convent St. Aegidii in Münster, 2009, p. 270ff
- ↑ Wilhelm Kohl: The Cistercian, later Benedictine convent St. Aegidii in Münster, 2009, p. 272
- ↑ Westfälische Zeitschrift, Volume 158, 2008, p. 14
- ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The Cistercian, later Benedictine convent of St. Aegidii in Münster, 2009, p. 41
- ^ Wilhelm Kohl: Die Cisterzienserabtei Marienfeld, 2010, p. 91
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SURNAME | Woldenberg, Adelheid from |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first abbess of St. Aegidii Monastery in Münster |
DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | 1208 or 1209 |