Gerberga from Cappenberg
Gerberga von Cappenberg was a sister of Count Gottfried and Otto from the Cappenberg family . After the Cappenberg Castle near Lünen (located between Dortmund and Münster) was converted into a Premonstratensian monastery by her brother Gottfried, Count des Dreingaus , at the suggestion of Norbert von Xanten , she too chose the ecclesiastical status. From 1116 she was abbess of Abbey overwater in Münster. Since 1126 she was also abbess of the Quedlinburg monastery . There she spent her last years and was probably also buried in Quedlinburg. Due to her paternal descent from the Liudolfingern and maternal from the Staufer , a career in the church was possible for her.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabriele Böhm: Medieval figural tombs in Westphalia from the beginnings to 1400, Münster, 1993, p. 50
predecessor | Office | Successor |
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Agnes I. |
Abbess of Quedlinburg 1126–1137 |
Beatrix II. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gerberga from Cappenberg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobles |
DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 11th century |