Judith von Northeim

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Judith von Northeim (* around 1120, † after 1150) was abbess of the Kemnade monastery and the St. Cyriakus monastery in Eschwege , then abbess of the Geseke women's monastery .

Their ancestry is unclear. She was possibly an illegitimate daughter of Count Siegfried III. von Boyneburg (or from his widow Adelheid's second marriage). Her siblings were Abbot Heinrich von Corvey and Count Siegfried IV von Boyneburg .

With the help of Siegfried († 1144) she became abbess of the St. Cyriacus monastery in Eschwege and the imperial abbey of Kemnade.

She plunged the Kemnade monastery into a major crisis, because she led a revealing life, loved lavish celebrations and had many lovers, to whom she distributed goods from her monastery. The Stader bailiffs Odiko and Rikbertus as well as Hugoldus de Hermannsburg were at least favored with fiefdoms . Even Henry of Badewide received nine hooves get. The monastery fell into disrepute. Pope Eugene III. heard about it and challenged the Roman-German King Konrad III. to put a stop to it and to bring order to the monastery.

In 1146, around the same time as her brother Abbot Heinrich von Corvey, she met the deposition judgment of the cardinal legate Thomas in Kemnade. The nunnery was closed and its property was taken over by King Konrad III in 1147. transferred to Corvey .

In 1148 Wibald von Stablo sued them at the Council of Reims.

From 1148 she appears as abbess of the Geseke Monastery, where she can still be found in April 1150.

On September 7th 1149 Judith tried by force of arms to regain possession of Kemnade.

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SURNAME Judith von Northeim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of the Kemnade monastery and the Sankt Cyriakus monastery in Eschwege, then abbess of the Geseke monastery
DATE OF BIRTH around 1120
DATE OF DEATH after 1150