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⚫ {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL | onlysourced=no}}'''Elisabeth von Matzingen''', (before 1289 - 10 August 1340, ]) was a ] ]. She led the ] and, effectively, Zurich itself for 32 years, from 1308 until her death.

⚫ '''Elisabeth von Matzingen''', known from 1289 and dead on 10 August 1340, in ], was a ] ]. She led the ] and, effectively, Zurich itself for 32 years, from 1308 until her death.


== Biography == == Biography ==
Originally from a family of ] in ], she became known in Zurich starting in 1289, when she was mentioned as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Matzingen, Elisabeth von |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/012824/2008-08-22/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=hls-dhs-dss.ch |language=fr}}</ref> She became abbess in 1308,<ref name=":0" /> succeeding ]. Originally from a family of ]s in ], she became known in Zurich starting in 1289, when she was mentioned as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Matzingen, Elisabeth von |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/012824/2008-08-22/ |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=hls-dhs-dss.ch |language=fr}}</ref> She became abbess in 1308,<ref name=":0" /> succeeding ].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Müller |first=Annalena |title=Monastic Women and Secular Economy in Later Medieval Europe, ca. 1200 to 1500 |date=2024 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-003-29990-5 |location=Oxford |pages=124}}</ref>


She oversaw the repair of the abbey church, which had been in poor condition since a fire in 1289. Some of her official acts are preserved, such as the agreement she reached in 1332 regarding ] with a pastor. She oversaw the repair of the abbey church, which had been in poor condition since a fire in 1289.<ref name=":0" /> Some of her official acts are preserved, such as the agreement she reached in 1332 regarding ]s with a pastor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Klösterliche Grundherrschaften - 392 |url=https://www.urikon.ch/UR_Geschichte/GES_Frueh_Grundherren.aspx |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=www.urikon.ch}}</ref>


She passed away on 10 August 1340, in Zurich. She died on 10 August 1340, in Zurich<ref name=":0" /> and was succeeded by ].<ref name=":1" />


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Swiss abbess (died 1340)
Elisabeth von Matzingen
Died10 August 1340 Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationChristian nun Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldabbess (Fraumünster, 1308–1340) Edit this on Wikidata

Elisabeth von Matzingen, (before 1289 - 10 August 1340, Zurich) was a Swiss abbess. She led the Fraumünster Abbey and, effectively, Zurich itself for 32 years, from 1308 until her death.

Biography

Originally from a family of barons in Thurgau, she became known in Zurich starting in 1289, when she was mentioned as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey. She became abbess in 1308, succeeding Elisabeth von Spiegelberg.

She oversaw the repair of the abbey church, which had been in poor condition since a fire in 1289. Some of her official acts are preserved, such as the agreement she reached in 1332 regarding tithes with a pastor.

She died on 10 August 1340, in Zurich and was succeeded by Fides von Klingen.

References

  1. ^ "Matzingen, Elisabeth von". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-15.
  2. ^ Müller, Annalena (2024). Monastic Women and Secular Economy in Later Medieval Europe, ca. 1200 to 1500. Oxford: Taylor & Francis. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-003-29990-5.
  3. "Klösterliche Grundherrschaften - 392". www.urikon.ch. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
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