Uta von Ballenstedt
Uta von Ballenstedt (* 1000 in Ballenstedt , † October 23 before 1046) from the House of Askanier was married to Margrave Ekkehard II. Of Meissen .
Life
She was a daughter of Count Adalbert von Ballenstedt and his wife Hidda, daughter of Margrave Hodo I (930-993) of the Saxon Mark Lausitz . Her brother Esico von Ballenstedt is the progenitor of the Ascanians. Her father married her to the Meissen Margrave around 1026 for reasons of power politics. The marriage remained childless. With Ekkehard II the line of Ekkehardines ended .
After the death of her husband Ekkehard II in 1046, Uta's dowry fell partly to the Gernrode monastery , where her sister Hazecha had been elected abbess in 1044 at the latest , and to the empress Agnes .
As one of the founders of Naumburg Cathedral , the sculpture Uta von Naumburg , one of 12 donor figures , was dedicated to her alongside the figure of her husband in the west choir of the cathedral.
literature
- Helmut Assing : The early Ascanians and their wives. Kulturstiftung Bernburg, Bernburg 2002, ISBN 3-9805532-9-9 , p. 6.
- Michael Imhof , Holger customer: Uta von Naumburg. Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-655-8 .
- Andreas Thiele: Narrative genealogical family tables on European history. Volume 1: German imperial, royal, ducal and count houses. Volume 1. 2., revised and expanded edition. RG Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-89406-965-1 , plate 217.
- Wolfgang Ullrich : Uta von Naumburg. A German icon (= Wagenbach's pocket library. 523). 3. Edition. Wagenbach, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-8031-2523-1 .
- Hermann Laundry : Anhalt history. Volume 1: History of Anhalt from the beginning to the end of the Middle Ages. Otto Schulze, Cöthen 1912, pp. 67-69.
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| SURNAME | Uta von Ballenstedt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Co-founder of Naumburg Cathedral; Wife of Margrave Ekkehard II. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1000 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ballenstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23 between 1026 and 1046 |