Maria of Baden (1473–1519)

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Maria von Baden (* July 2, 1473 ; † January 1519 ), a daughter of Margrave Christoph I and Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen , was a margravine of Baden .

Maria von Baden was the successor of her aunt Margaretha von Baden as abbess of the Lichtenthal monastery from 1496 to 1519 . During her tenure, she acquired half of the fiefdoms from Bühlertal and the hub at Ottersweier from Hans von Ramlingen . In 1509 she arranged for the parish Sandweier to be separated from its mother church in Iffezheim ; Sandweier became its own parish under the patronage of the monastery.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johann Christian Sachs, Marggrävl. Baden-Durlachischer Kirchen-Rath: Introduction to the history of the Marggravschaft and the Marggravlichen old princely house of Baden , Third Part, Lotterischer Verlag, Carlsruhe, 1769, p. 134
  2. ↑ a b c d Benedikt Bauer, The Frauenkloster Lichtenthal: History, Churches and Antiquities , Weber, Baden-Baden, 1896, p. 222, digital version of SU


personal data
SURNAME Maria of Baden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria of Zähringen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbess of Lichtenthal
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1473
DATE OF DEATH January 1519