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A large Benedictine convent in northwestern Germany, just north of the Teutoburger Wald. The establishment was granted Princely status in the 12th century, with a seat on the Imperial Diet. Aside from the convent, the town of Herford was an Imperial Free City and a member of the Hanseatic League; it was attached to Brandenburg-Prussia from 1648 (within the Napoleonic Kingdom of Westphalia 1807-1814).

  1. Theodrada...........................................819-840

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  3. Adila...............................................844-853

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  5. Hedwig..............................................860-888

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  7. Mathilde I..........................................908-911

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  9. Imma I von Ringelheim...............................927-935

  10. Agnes............................................fl. c. 955

  11. Imma II von Spontheim...............................974-995

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  13. Godesta of Saxony.................................1002-1040

  14. Cilicka I von Hirschberg..........................1040-1050

  15. Svanhild (Essen c. 1072-1085).............1050-1076 d. 1085

  16. Beatrix............................................ ? -1137

  17. Gertrud I.........................................1138-1139

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  19. Jutta von Arnsberg................................1146-1162

  20. Luitgard I........................................1163-1170

  21. Cilicka II......................................fl. c. 1212

  22. Gertrud II von Lippe..............................1217-1244

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  24. Ida............................................1254 ? -1264

  25. Pinnosa...........................................1265-1276

  26. Mathilde II.......................................1277-1288

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  28. Irmgard von Wittgenstein..........................1290-1323

  29. Luitgard II von Bickenem..........................1324-1360

  30. Elisabeth I von Schalksberg.......................1360-1374

  31. Hildegunde von Otgenbach..........................1374-1409

  32. Mathilde III von Waldeck..........................1409-1442

  33. Margarethe I von Gleichen.........................1442-1484

  34. Anna I von Hunoldstein............................1484-1494

  35. Bonitas von Limpurg-Styria........................1494-1520

  36. Protestant Abbesses

  37. Anna II von Limburg...............................1520-1565

  38. Margarethe II von Lippe...........................1565-1578

  39. Felicitas I von Eberstein.........................1578-1586

  40. Magdalena I von Lippe.............................1586-1604

  41. Felicitas II von Eberstein........................1604-1621

  42. Magdalena II von Lippe............................1621-1640

  43. Sidonia von Oldenburg.....................1640-1649 d. 1650

  44. Elisabeth II Luise of Palatinate-Zweibrucken......1649-1667

  45. Elisabeth III of the Rhine Palatinate.............1667-1680

  46. Elisabeth IV Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau...........1680-1686

  47. Elisabeth V of Hesse-Kassel.......................1686-1688

  48. Charlotte Sophie of Kurland.......................1688-1728

  49. Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau................1728-1750

  50. Sophie of Holstein-Gottorp........................1750-1764

  51. Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt.................1764-1803

  52. Secularized To Prussia............................1803-1918