List of the Abbesses of Sonnefeld
The list of abbesses of Sonnefeld presents the sequence of abbesses of the Sonnefeld monastery .
The monastery of Cistercian nuns in Sonnenfeld was in 1260 by Henry II. Of Sonneberg founded and his wife Kunigunde. Most of the abbesses came from well-known local noble families. The monastery was dissolved as a result of the Reformation .
List of the Abbesses of Sonnefeld
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| 1 | Agnes, probably from Sonneberg | 1264 |
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| 2 | Irmengardis, presumably from Sonneberg | 1276 |
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| 3 | Jutta von Meissen | 1287-1289 |
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| 4th | Elisabeth von Henneberg | 1296 |
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| 5 | Mechtildis from Sonneberg to Lichtenfels | 1302-1303 |
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| 6th | Jutta II of Henneberg-Coburg | 1304 |
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| 7th | Agnes II, probably from Sonneberg | 1305 |
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| 8th | Mechtildis II to Lichtenfels | 1305 |
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| 9 | Agnes III., Probably from Sonneberg | 1306 | possibly identical to Agnes II. |
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| 10 | Jutta III. from Henneberg to Lausitz | 1306-1325 |
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| 11 | Sophia | 1328 | ||
| 12 | Margaretha | 1329-1334 | ||
| 13 | Ottilia | 1334 | ||
| 14th | Margaretha II Marshal | 1335-1344 |
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| 15th | Ottilia II. Truchsess | 1345-1351 |
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| Anna von Henneberg | 1353 | not included in the series by Wank, as it is undated |
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| 16 | Adelheidis Marschalk | 1354-1360 |
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| 17th | Felicitas | 1362-1363 | ||
| 18th | Margaretha III. by Heldritt | 1364-1375 |
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| 19th | Elisabeth II of Lichtenstein | 1379-1386 |
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| 20th | Anna Marschalk | 1390-1396 |
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| 21st | Barbara von Smeheim | 1398 |
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| 22nd | Katharina von Füllbach | 1401-1406 |
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| 23 | Dorothea from Gotlecher | 1408 | ||
| 24 | Catherine II of Füllbach | 1409-1419 | probably identical to Katharina I. |
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| 25th | Barbara II of Walsberg | 1425-1430 | ||
| 26th | Margaretha IV of Giech | 1433-1437 |
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| 27 | Elizabeth III | 1441-1448 | ||
| 28 | Dorothea II of Kemmaten | 1454-1455 | Coat of arms preserved as a keystone |
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| 29 | Margaretha V. von Brandenstein | 1462-1503 |
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| 30th | Dorothea von Pfersfeld | 1503-1515 |
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| 26th | Margaretha von Zedtwitz | † 1525 | after Wank Margaretha VI. von Brandenstein (1515–1531) |
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literature
- Hermann Wank: market and monastery Sonnefeld . Coburg 1925, p. 70 f .
Individual evidence
- ^ Joachim Hotz : Cistercian monasteries in Upper Franconia . In: Great Art Guides . tape 98 . Schnell and Steiner, Munich, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7954-0842-3 , pp. 64-68 .
- ^ Walter Lorenz: 700 years of Sonnefeld . 1952. pp. 21f.
- ^ Joachim Hotz: Cistercian monasteries in Upper Franconia . In: Great Art Guides . tape 98 . Schnell and Steiner, Munich, Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7954-0842-3 , pp. 65 .