Sophie Eleonore von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

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Sophie Eleonore von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (born March 5, 1674 in Osterholz , † January 14, 1711 in Gandersheim ) was a Guelph princess and canoness in the Gandersheim monastery .

Life

Sophie Eleonore was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand Albrecht I of Braunschweig-Bevern (1636–1687) and Christine von Hessen-Eschwege (1648–1702). On February 4, 1686, her father submitted an application to Hildesheim Abbey, asking for his 12-year-old daughter to be admitted, but this was rejected. On September 13, 1690, she initially received a commission for a position as a canoness. In April 1694 she was introduced in this function at the Gandersheim Monastery. During her stay there, she wrote her own poems and hymns in her diaries. It is likely that she should succeed her cousin, the abbess Christine . However, she died of smallpox in 1711 in the presence of her brothers Ferdinand Albrecht and Ernst Ferdinand . Sophie Eleonore was buried in Braunschweig Cathedral.

Works (selection)

Sophie Eleonore composed hymns that were published in two collections (1696 and 1713). Her diaries from the years 1701 to 1705 have been preserved.

  • Spiritual songs about the seven bloodshed of Christ Jesus, the whole world Savior, promoted to print by a godly soul. 1696, OCLC 257659183 .
  • Samuel Baldovius (Ed.): The female gender and her heavenly inheritance right. ([…] At the baptism […] Fraulein Sophia Eleonora, Hertduchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg praised and proven) Friedrich Kargern, Giessen around 1674, OCLC 42811608 .
  • with Eberhard Finen: The rights of the Lord a song in the house of the Weyland serene. ̤ Women Sophia Eleonora Hertzogin zu Braunschweig and Lüneburg Käyserl. Freyen Stifft's Gandersheim Canonissin, after the most blissful death, was promoted to the edifying devotion of other pious Christians on the most gracious orders. Johann Georg Zilligern, Braunschweig 1713, OCLC 257378413 .

literature

  • Christof Römer : Braunschweig-Bevern, A Princely House as a European Dynasty 1667–1884. Pp. 70-71, Braunschweig, 1997.
  • Kurt Kronenberg: A sister of Roswitha. The life of Canon Sophie Eleonore (1647–1711). in: Gandersheimer Chronikblätter. 1971, Vol. 2, No. 11/12, pp. 50-61; 1972, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 6-7.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The diocese of Hildesheim: The imperial canonical monastery Gandersheim. Section: - ( § 45. Canons ) pp. 387–388. from books.google.de, accessed on September 14, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Sophie Eleonore von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon of Gandersheim
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterholz
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1711
Place of death Bad Gandersheim