Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Hedwig
Tombstone of Princess-Abbess Hedwig
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Reign	1458-1511
Predecessor
Successor
House	House of Wettin
Father	Frederick II, Elector of Saxony
Mother	Margaret of Austria-Styria
Born	31 October 1445 Meissen
Died	13 June 1511 aoremovetag(aged 65) Quedlinburg
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Hedwig of Saxony (31 October 1445 - 13 June 1511) was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1458 until her death.

Born in Meissen, Hedwig was the daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria.

In 1458, the 12-year-old Hedwig was elected successor of , who had died aged 42, by the chapter. Pope Calixtus III confirmed the election but decreed that the Princess-Abbess should reign under the guardianship of her father and canonesses of Quedlinburg until the age of 20. In 1465, she was invested with regalia by her uncle, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and started governing the abbey-principality on her own.

Ancestry

16. Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen

8. Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia

17. Matilda of Bavaria

4. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

18. Henry IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen

9. Catherine of Henneberg-Schleusingen

19. Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

2. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

20. Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

10. Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

21. Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg

5. Catherine of Brunswick

22. Wartislaw VI, Duke of Pomerania

11. Sophia of Pomerania-Wolgast

1. Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg

24. Albert II, Duke of Austria

12. Leopold III, Duke of Austria

25. Joanna of Pfirt

6. Ernest, Duke of Austria

26. Bernabò Visconti, Lord of Milan

13. Viridis Visconti

27. Beatrice della Scalla

3. Margaret of Austria

28. Siemowit III of Masovia

14. Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia

7. Cymburgis of Masovia

30. Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania

15. Alexandra of Lithuania

31. Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver

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