Agnes of Tengen
Agnes von Tengen (* 1381 ; † December 1426 ) was an abbess of the free worldly Buchau women's monastery in what is now Bad Buchau am Federsee .
Life
Agnes was probably the daughter of Johannes the Younger of Tengen and a Margaret of Nellenburg . On February 24, 1410 she was elected abbess of the monastery by the convent and on June 1, 1410 she received the benediction from the vicar general of the Bishop of Constance .
She died in December 1426.
literature
- Bernhard Theil: The free worldly women's monastery Buchau am Federsee . Ed .: Max Planck Institute for History (= Germania Sacra . NF 32). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin and New York 1994, ISBN 3-11-014214-7 , pp. 225-226 . Digital edition
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bernhard Theil: The free worldly women's monastery Buchau am Federsee . Germania Sacra , Vol. NF 32, 1994, pp. 225-226.
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anna von Gundelfingen |
Abbess of Buchau 1410–1426 |
Clare of Montfort |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tengen, Agnes of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess of the Buchau women's monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1381 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1426 |