Agnes II of Meissen

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Grave slab Agnes v. Meissen

Agnes also Agnes von Meißen (* before 1145; † January 22, 1203 in Quedlinburg ) was abbess of the Quedlinburg monastery from 1184 to 1203 .

Life

Agnes was born before 1145 as the daughter of Margrave Konrad von Meißen and his wife Luitgard. She had six brothers and five sisters. Among her sisters were Oda and Bertha, two abbesses of the Gerbstedt monastery.

Agnes was abbess of the Quedlinburg Abbey from 1184 until her death in 1203. As minting authority, she also had coins minted. Under their influence, artistic wall hangings for decorating churches were created in the monastery. Five Quedlinburg knot fragments recovered after 1832 have been preserved from a large carpet .

It also ran an extensive goods policy. So she created a register of the property of the pen and tried to restore expired property through repurchase or exchange of goods.

Agnes died on January 22nd, 1203 in Quedlinburg Abbey. Her successor as abbess of the monastery was her niece Sophia I. von Brehna , daughter of her brother Friedrich I. von Brehna .

Modern reception

Judy Chicago dedicated an inscription to Agnes von Meißen on the triangular floor tiles of the Heritage Floor of her installation The Dinner Party . The porcelain tiles labeled with the name Agnes are assigned to the place with the place setting for Hrotsvit .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Helbig :  Konrad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 512 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ^ Quedlinburg: Agnes II. Von Meißen - German digital library. In: deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de. www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de, accessed on December 9, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Woman Under Monasticism . CUP Archive, 1972, p. 233 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ↑ The Reichsstift Quedlinburg (936-1810): Concept - time reference - system change . V&R unipress, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8471-0209-0 , p. 73 ( books.google.de ).
  5. ^ Brooklyn Museum: Agnes (Hrosvitha group). In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved December 9, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Agnes II of Meissen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agnes of Meissen; Agnes of Quedlinburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Quedlinburg Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH before 1145
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1203
Place of death Quedlinburg