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The largest city in the industrial hub centered on the Ruhr coalfields, during the Middle Ages the district was governed to a large extent by a Benedictine Convent established in Carolingian times.

  1. Gerswid  I............................................852-864

  2. Gerswid II............................................864-878

  3. Adalwi..............................................878-890's

  4. Pinnosa.............................................fl. 890's

  5. Wichburg............................................890's-907

  6. Mathilde I of Ringelberg..............................907-910

  7. Hagina I of Saxony

  8. Gerberga I of Saxony................................fl. 940's

  9. Hedwig I of Saxony..................................fl. 940's

  10. Luitgard I of Saxony

  11. Ida I.................................................965-971

  12. Adelheid I of Saxony..................................971-974

  13. Mathilde II of Saxony.................................974-999

  14. Mathilde III of Saxony...............................999-1011

  15. Sophia I of Saxony............................1012-1029 or 39

  16. Gerberga II of Saxony...........................1029 ?-1039 ?

  17. Theophanu...........................................1039-1054

  18. Adelheid II.......................................1054-1072 ?

  19. Svanhild (Herford 1050-1076)......................1072 ?-1085

  20. Ida II aus Bayern

  21. Gerberga III

  22. Mathilde IV aus Bayern...............................fl. 1108

  23. Luitgardis II of Sweden.............................. ? -1118

  24. Ida III von Calw....................................1119-1137

  25. Ermentrudis.........................................1140-1154

  26. Hedwig II, Gfn. v. Wied.............................1154-1172

  27. Hedegunde..........................................fl. 1170's

  28. Kunigunde I von Windeck

  29. Beatrix I von Lennep

  30. Judith von Mühlheim

  31. Elisabeth I......................................c. 1196-1216

  32. Adelheid III von Wildenberg.........................1216-1237

  33. Elisabeth II........................................1237-1241

  34. Berta I von Holte........................c. 1241-1262 with...

  35. Sophie II von Graffschaft......................1253- ? and...

  36. Hagina II von Hardenberg............................. ? -1260

  37. Mathilde V von Hardenberg...........................1262-1278

  38. Berta II, Gfn. v. Arnsberg..........................1278-1292

  39. Beatrix II von Holte................................1292-1327

  40. Kunigunde II, Gfn. von Berg.........................1327-1337

  41. Katharina I, Gfn. v. der Marck......................1337-1360

  42. Irmgard II von Bruch................................1360-1370

  43. Elisabeth III, Gfn. von Nassau......................1370-1412

  44. Margarethe I, Gfn. v. Marck-Arendsberg..............1413-1425

  45. Margarethe II, Gfn. v. Limburg......................1425-1426

  46. Elisabeth IV von Beeck..............................1426-1445

  47. Sophia III von Dhaun-Oberstein......................1445-1447

  48. Elisabeth V von Saffenberg..........................1447-1459

  49. Sophie IV Gfn. v. Gleichen..........................1459-1489

  50. Irmgard III von Diepholz....................1489-1495 with...

  51. Amöna von Dhaun-Oberstein...........................1489-1521

  52. Margarete III Gfn. v. Beichlingen...................1521-1534

  53. Sybille Gfn. v. Montfort-Rothenfels.................1534-1551

  54. Katharina II Gfn. v. Tecklenburg....................1551-1560

  55. Maria, Gfn. v. Spiegelberg..........................1560-1561

  56. Irmgard IV von Diepholz.............................1561-1575

  57. Elisabeth VI, Gfn. v. Manderscheid-Blankenheim......1575-1578

  58. Elisabeth VII von Sayn..............................1578-1588

  59. Elisabeth VIII, Gfn. v. Manderscheid-Blankenheim....1588-1598

  60. Margarete Elisabeth, Gfn. v. Manderscheid-Geroldstein...1598-1604

  61. Elisabeth IX von Berge zu s'Heerenber...............1605-1614

  62. Maria Clara von Spaur-Vallier.......................1614-1644

  63. Anna Eleonore von Staufen (Abbess Thorn 1631-46)....1645-1646

  64. Anna Salome I, Gfn. v. Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyk.......1646-1688

  65. Anna Salome II, Gfn. v. Manderscheid-Blankenheim (Thorn 1690-1)...1688-1691

  66. Bernhardine Sophia, Gfn. v. Ostfriesland-Rietberg...1691-1726

  67. Franziska Christine, Pfgn. v. Sulzbach (Thorn 1717-76)...1726-1776

  68. Maria Kunigunde, Hzgn. v. Sachsen (Thorn 1776-95).1776-1803 d. 1826

  69. To Prussia..........................................1803-1806

  70. To Berg.............................................1806-1808

  71. To Westphalia.......................................1808-1814

  72. To Prussia..........................................1814-1918