Agnes von Hanau (Klarenthal)

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Agnes von Hanau († November 22, 1446 ) was a daughter of Ulrich V von Hanau (* approx. 1370; † 1419) and his wife Elisabeth von Ziegenhain (* approx. 1375; † December 1, 1431 ), daughter of Count Gottfried VIII. From Ziegenhain .

Agnes entered the Klarenthal monastery together with her sister Adelheid in 1412 . On the occasion of this act, the sisters renounced all claims to the rule of Hanau . In return, they received the equipment required to enter the monastery . This was a common practice in noble families during the Middle Ages to care for younger daughters.

Agnes probably became abbess of the Klarenthal monastery in 1422 - this is documented for the first time in 1424. The monastery flourished during her term of office. The monastery church was artistically designed and the cloister was built. Czysz attests to her "skillful and commercial management of the monastery property".

Agnes died on November 22nd, 1446 and was buried in the monastery church of Klarenthal.

Pedigree of Agnes von Hanau
Great grandparents

Ulrich III. von Hanau (* approx. 1310 - † 1369/70)
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Adelheid von Nassau († 1344)

Count Eberhard von Wertheim († 1373)
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Countess Katharina von Hohenzollern († 1369)

Count Gottfried VII von Ziegenhain (* before 1360; † 1394)
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Agnes von Falkenstein († 1380)

Duke Ernst I of Braunschweig-Göttingen (* 1305; † 1367)
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Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse († 1390)

Grandparents

Ulrich IV. Von Hanau (* 1330/40; † 1380)
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Countess Elisabeth von Wertheim (* 1347; † 1378)

Count Gottfried VIII von Ziegenhain (* 1360; † 1394)
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Duchess Agnes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Göttingen († 1416)

parents

Ulrich V. von Hanau (* 1370; † 1419)
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Countess Elisabeth von Ziegenhain (* 1375; † 1431)

Agnes

literature

  • Walter Czysz : Klarenthal near Wiesbaden. A women's monastery in the Middle Ages 1298–1559. Seyfried, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-922604-10-2 .
  • Hermann Langkabel: Klarenthal Abbey. Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Wiesbaden 1981 (Repertories of the Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden, section 18).
  • Fr. Otto: Clarenthaler studies I. The abbesses of the Clarenthal monastery near Wiesbaden. In: Nassau Annals. 29, 1897/98, pp. 173-201.
  • Reinhard Suchier: Genealogy of the Hanauer count house. In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894. Hanau 1894.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Czysz gives two different dates of death: November 22nd, 1446 (p. 216) and September 8th, 1446 (p. 218).
  2. ^ Czysz: Klarenthal near Wiesbaden. A women's monastery in the Middle Ages 1298–1559. P. 170; Otto: Clarenthaler studies I. The abbesses of the Clarenthal monastery near Wiesbaden. P. 185.
  3. ^ Czysz: Klarenthal near Wiesbaden. A women's monastery in the Middle Ages 1298–1559. P. 174.
personal data
SURNAME Agnes of Hanau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Klarenthal Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1446