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List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg

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This is a list of the princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.

No.	Name	Image	Reign	Notes	House
1	Matilda
955 - 7 February 999		966–999	Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy; granddaughter of Saint Matilda, founder of the abbey.	Ottonian dynasty
2	Adelaide I
977- 14 January 1044	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 10 Nr 1 Adelheid I.jpg	80px]]	999–1044	Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theophanu.
3	Beatrice I
1037- 13 July 1061	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 11 Nr 2 Beatix I.jpg	80px]]	1044–1062	Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Gunhilda of Denmark.	Salian dynasty
4	Adelaide II
1045 - 11 January 1096	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 12 Nr 3 Adelheid II.jpg	80px]]	1062–1096	Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Agnes of Poitou.
5	Eilica
1080 - 1142 (?)		1096–1110	The only surviving traces of Eilica are coins found in Sweden.
6	Agnes I
1088- 1125/6	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 12 Nr 4 AgnesIVPolen.jpg	80px]]	1110–1125/6	Niece of Beatrice I and Adelaide II and daughter of Vladislaus I Herman, Duke of Poland, and Judith of Swabia.	Piast dynasty
7	Gerberga
died 12 July 1137	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XX 3 Gerburg.jpg	80px]]	1126–1137	Sister of Counts Gottfried and Otto von Cappenberg.	House of Cappenberg
8.	Beatrice II
1123- 2 April 1160		1137–1160	Daughter of Herrmann I, Count of Winzenburg, and Hedwig of Wöltingerode.	House of Formbach
9	Meregart
	1160–1161
10	Adelaide III
died 1 May 1184	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XX 8 Adelheid III.jpg	80px]]	1161–1184	Daughter of Frederick VI, Count Palatine of Saxony, and Lutgard of Salzwedel.	House of Sommerschenburg
11	Agnes II
19 June 1145 - 22 January 1203	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 12 Nr 5 AgnesIIVMeissen.jpg	80px]]	1184–1203	Daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, and Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein.	House of Wettin
12	Sophia I
1182 - 9 June 1226	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 13 Nr 6 SophiaVBrehna.jpg	80px]]	1203–1226	Niece of Agnes II and daughter of Frederick I of Brehna and Hedwig of Böhmen-Jamnitz.
13	Bertradis I
1221-1229	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXII 4 Bertradis.jpg	80px]]	1226–1230	Daughter of Dedo II, Lord of Krosigk, and Adelaide of Harbke.	House of Krosigk
14	Cunigunde
1222-1231	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXII 11 Kunigunde.jpg	80px]]	1230–1231	Sister of Bishop Meinard von Kranichfeld	House of Kranichfeld
15	Osterlinde
died 1233	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXII 8 Osterlindis.jpg	80px]]	1231–1233		House of Falkenstein
16	Gertrude
died 11 October 1270	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 14 Nr 7 GertrudVAmpfurth.jpg	80px]]	1233–1270	Daughter of Werner von Ampfurth.	House of Ampfurth
17	Bertradis II
1270-13 October 1308	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXVII 14 Bertradis II.jpg	80px]]	1270–1308
18	Jutta
1285- 5 November 1347	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXXIII 2 Jutta.jpg	80px]]	1308–1347	Daughter of Volrad VIII, Count of Kranichfeld.	House of Schwarzburg
19	Luitgard
1336-17 December 1353	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXXVII 22 Luitgard.jpg	80px]]	1347–1353	Daughter of Louis, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode.	House of Stolberg
20	Agnes III
died 9 October 1364	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXXVIII 8 Agnes III.jpg	80px]]	1354–1362	Daughter of Lappo von Schraplau.	House of Schraplau
21	Elisabeth I
died 1375	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXXVIII 21 Elisabeth I.jpg	80px]]	1362–1375		House of Hakeborn
22	Margaret
1355- 13/14 December 1379	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXXVIII 1 Margarete v S.jpg	80px]]	1376–1379	Sister of Agnes III and daughter Lappo von Schraplau.	House of Schraplau
23	Irmgard
1356-20/22 August 1405	[[File:Erath 1764 Taf XXXVIII 20 Irmgard.jpg	80px]]	1379–1405	Daughter of Albert I, Burgrave of Kirchberg and Elisabeth of Orlamünde.	House of Kirchberg
24	Adelaide IV
1376-†15 March 1441		1405–1435	Daughter of Henry II, Lord of Isenburg, and Countess Adelaide of Hanau.	House of Isenburg
25	Anna I, Abbess of Quedlinburg	Anna I
1416-14 January 1458 Quedlinburg	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 15 Nr 8 AnnaIVPlauen.jpg	80px]]	1435–1458	Daughter of Heinrich IX von Reuss, Lord of Plauen and Königswarth, and Countess Anna of Riesenburg.	House of Reuss
26	Hedwig
31 October 1445 – 13 June 1511	[[File:Hase Quast 1877 S 16 Nr 10 HedwigVSachsen.jpg	80px]]	1458–1511	Daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria and niece of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor.	House of Wettin
27	Magdalene
1491- 2 October 1515		1511–1515	Daughter of Albert IV of Anhalt and Elisabeth of Mansfeld.	House of Ascania
28	Anna II
28 January 1504 - 4 March 1574	[[File:AnnaIIStolQued.jpg	80px]]	1515–1574	The last Catholic abbess and the first Lutheran abbess. Daughter of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, and Anna von Eppenstein.	House of Stolberg
29	Elisabeth II
1542- 20 July 1584	[[File:ElisRegQued.jpg	80px]]	1574–1584	Daughter of Count Ulrich of Regenstein-Blankenburg and Magdalena of Stolberg.	House of Regenstein
30	Anna III
3 April 1565 – 12 May 1601	[[File:AnnaIIIStolQued.jpg	80px]]	1584–1601	Daughter of Count Henry of Stolberg and Elisabeth von Gleichen.	House of Stolberg
31	Maria
7 October 1571- 7 March 1610	[[File:MariaSaWeiQued.jpg	80px]]	1601–1610	Daughter of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Countess Dorothea Susanna of the Palatinate.	House of Wettin
32	Dorothea
7 January 1591 – 17 November 1617	[[File:DorotheaSaQued.jpg	80px]]	1610–1617	Daughter of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg.
33	Dorothea Sophia
19 December 1587 - 10 February 1645	[[File:DorotSophieSaQued.jpg	80px]]	1617–1645	Daughter of Frederick William I and Sophie of Württemberg.
34	Anna Sophia I
2 April 1619 1. September 1680	[[File:AnnaSophiaRheinQued.jpg	80px]]	1645–1680	Daughter of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Countess Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde.	House of Wittelsbach
35	Anna Sophia II
17 December 1638 – 13 December 1683	[[File:AnnaSophieHeDaQued.jpg	80px]]	1681–1683	Daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony.	House of Hesse-Darmstadt
36	Anna Dorothea
12 November 1657 - 24 June 1704	[[File:AnnaDorotheaSaWeiQued.jpg	80px]]	1684–1704	Daughter of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Duchess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.	House of Wettin
37	Marie Elisabeth
21 March 1678 - 17 July 1755	[[File:QuedlinburgMariaElisabeth.jpg	80px]]	1718–1755	Daughter of Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark.	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
38	Anna Amalia
9 November 1723 – 30 March 1787	[[File:Amalie-von-Preussen-Aebtissin-von-Quedlinburg-im-Alter1723-1787-Zeichnung-von-Adolph-Menzel.jpg	80px]]	1756–1787	Daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover.	House of Hohenzollern
39	Sophia Albertina
8 October 1753 - 17 March 1829	[[File:Sofia Albertina.jpg	80px]]	1787–1803	Niece of Anna Amalia and daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

References

Johann Heinrich Fritsch: ''Geschichte des vormaligen Reichsstifts Quedlinburg'' pt 2, 1828, pp. 26–28 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=b2cAAAAAcAAJ&dq=dorothea+sophie+quedlinburg&pg=PA28 online version)]
Gottfried Christian Voigt: ''Geschichte des Stifts Quedlinburg: Mit Kupfern, Band 3'', 1791 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=PsYGAAAAcAAJ&dq=anna+sophie+hessen+quedlinburg&pg=PR26 online version])
Hermann Lorenz: ''Quedlinburgische Geschichte. Band 1: Werdegang von Stift und Stadt Quedlinburg''. Magistrat der Stadt, Quedlinburg 1922

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