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== Biography == == Biography ==
Originally from a family of barons in Thurgau, she is first mentioned in Zurich in 1265, when she is recorded as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spiegelberg, Elisabeth von |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/012979/2012-02-13/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=hls-dhs-dss.ch |language=fr}}</ref> She became abbess in 1298, succeeding ]. Originally from a family of barons in Thurgau, she is first mentioned in Zurich in 1265, when she is recorded as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Spiegelberg, Elisabeth von |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/012979/2012-02-13/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=hls-dhs-dss.ch |language=fr}}</ref> She became abbess in 1298, 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 lost part of the abbey's privileges regarding authority over the city of Zurich, notably being required to have certain matters judged by three canons, of whom she could now appoint only one. During her tenure, a chapel collapsed. She lost part of the abbey's privileges regarding authority over the city of Zurich, notably being required to have certain matters judged by three canons, of whom she could now appoint only one.<ref name=":0" /> During her tenure, a chapel collapsed.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Faccani |first=Guido |title=Guido Faccani, Querhauskirche, Grablege und Rotunde. Ein Zürcher Sakralbauensemble nach römischem Vorbild? in: Peter Niederhäuser / Dölf Wild (Hrsg.), Das Fraumünster in Zürich. Von der Königsabtei zur Stadtkirche, MAGZ 80, 2012, 84–103. |url=https://www.academia.edu/5471648/Guido_Faccani_Querhauskirche_Grablege_und_Rotunde_Ein_Z%C3%BCrcher_Sakralbauensemble_nach_r%C3%B6mischem_Vorbild_in_Peter_Niederh%C3%A4user_D%C3%B6lf_Wild_Hrsg_Das_Fraum%C3%BCnster_in_Z%C3%BCrich_Von_der_K%C3%B6nigsabtei_zur_Stadtkirche_MAGZ_80_2012_84_103 |journal=Mitteilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich}}</ref>


She died on 22 February 1308 and was succeeded by ]. She died on 22 February 1308<ref name=":0" /> and was succeeded by ].<ref name=":1" />


== References == == References ==

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Elisabeth von Spiegelberg (before 1265 – 22 February 1308, Zurich) was a Swiss abbess. She led the Fraumünster Abbey and, effectively, Zurich itself for 10 years, from 1298 until her death.

Biography

Originally from a family of barons in Thurgau, she is first mentioned in Zurich in 1265, when she is recorded as a nun at the Fraumünster Abbey. She became abbess in 1298, succeeding Elisabeth von Wetzikon.

She lost part of the abbey's privileges regarding authority over the city of Zurich, notably being required to have certain matters judged by three canons, of whom she could now appoint only one. During her tenure, a chapel collapsed.

She died on 22 February 1308 and was succeeded by Elisabeth von Matzingen.

References

  1. ^ "Spiegelberg, Elisabeth von". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  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. Faccani, Guido. "Guido Faccani, Querhauskirche, Grablege und Rotunde. Ein Zürcher Sakralbauensemble nach römischem Vorbild? in: Peter Niederhäuser / Dölf Wild (Hrsg.), Das Fraumünster in Zürich. Von der Königsabtei zur Stadtkirche, MAGZ 80, 2012, 84–103". Mitteilungen der Antiquarischen Gesellschaft in Zürich.