Margaretha von Ahaus
Margaretha von Ahaus (* 1383 in Ahaus ; † October 1, 1458 in Diepenveen Monastery ) was abbess at Freckenhorst Abbey .
Life
Margaretha von Ahaus came from the ancient Westphalian noble family von Ahaus . Her parents were Ludolph von Ahaus (bailiff at the bishop of Utrecht) and Johanna. Her sister Agnes was an abbess in Nottuln Abbey , her half-brother Heinrich Domvikar and devotee of the Devotio moderna . When she was two or three years old, she came to live with her aunt Jutta in Vreden Abbey . Even after Jutta's departure, she initially stayed in Vreden until she moved to the Freckenhorst Abbey and took over the post here for Abbess Ingeborg von Oldenburg, who died on January 31, 1407. She stayed in this office until 1423 when she entered Diepenveen Monastery . Here she was sub-priority. Jutta von Ahaus was Margaretha's aunt and abbess in Vreden. After a serious illness, she went to Diepenveen Monastery in 1392.
literature
- Volker Tschuschke : The noble lords of Ahaus. A contribution to the history of the Westphalian nobility in the Middle Ages. Ed .: Landeskundliches Institut Westmünsterland. 1st edition. Vreden 2007, ISBN = 3-937432-12-4.
- Wilhelm Kohl : The Freckenhorst Women's Foundation, NF 10, The Diocese of Münster * , on behalf of the Max Planck Institute for History, Göttingen. Verlag de Gruyter Berlin, ISBN 3-11-002098-X . Freckenhorst women's monastery .
Web links
- Margaretha von Ahaus person database at Germania Sacra
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Tschuschke, Die Edelherren von Ahaus , p. 173
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahaus, Margaretha von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess in Freckenhorst Abbey |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1383 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ahaus |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1458 |
| Place of death | Marienhorst Monastery |