Elisabeth von Hohengeroldseck
Elisabeth von Hohengeroldseck (* before 1480 ; † 1540 ) was an abbess of the free worldly Buchau women's monastery in what is now Bad Buchau am Federsee .
Life
Elisabeth came from the southern German noble family of the Lords of Geroldseck , who had their ancestral seat in Hohengeroldseck near Seelbach in what is now the Ortenau district . Her parents were Gangolf von Hohengeroldseck and Kunigunde von Montfort . It is recorded in the pen's records about the election of her predecessor Barbara von Gundelfingen in 1497.
On May 28, 1523 she was elected abbess. During her tenure in 1524, the monastery was accepted into the Swabian Federation . During the peasant war she had to leave the pen for a short time. Structural extensions of the monastery buildings and the fortification of the monastery were provisionally completed during her reign.
She died in 1540.
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. 230-231 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Theil, p. 230
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Barbara von Gundelfingen |
Abbess of Buchau 1523–1540 |
Margaret of Montfort |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hohengeroldseck, Elisabeth von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess of the Buchau women's monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1480 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1540 |