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Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (c.1090–1125)

Agnes I
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Reign1110–29 December 1125
PredecessorEilica
SuccessorGerburg
Bornc. 1090
Died29 December 1125
Quedlinburg
HousePiast
FatherWładysław I Herman
MotherJudith of Swabia

Agnes I (c. 1090 – 29 December 1125) was Abbess of Gandersheim and Quedlinburg.

She was the second daughter of Judith of Swabia and Władysław I Herman, Duke of Poland. She was the granddaughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. Agnes became abbess at Gandersheim Abbey, the place of several famous women, such as Hroswitha of Gandersheim, recorded by Conrad Celtes.

She was Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg from 1110 until 1125. She was excommunicated by Pope Calixtus II for her loyalty to her maternal cousin, Henry V, the King of the Romans in 1119.

She died in Quedlinburg.

References

  1. McNamara, Jo Ann (1996). Sisters in arms: Catholic nuns through two millennia. Harvard University Press. p. 225. ISBN 0-674-80984-X. Retrieved 8 July 2009. Adelheid II abbess.
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Preceded byEilica Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
1110–1125 		Succeeded byGerburg
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Lutheran abbesses (1540–1803)
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