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
Agnes I.	Abbess of Quedlinburg 1126–1137	Beatrix II.

personal data
SURNAME	Gerberga from Cappenberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German nobles
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	11th century

[1] Gabriele Böhm: Medieval figural tombs in Westphalia from the beginnings to 1400, Münster, 1993, p. 50