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A town in east-central Germany, 9 miles (14.5 km.) southeast of Halberstadt and 29 miles (46 km.) southwest of Magdeburg. A Praemonstratensian Convent was established here at the behest of King Henry the Fowler, richly endowed and intended to house primarily noble Saxon ladies - it's first Abbess, St. Mathilde, had been his Queen. Granted full autonomy aside from Papal authority, the Convent's control of the town was a matter of continual squabbles with the Bishops of Halberstadt until the 16th century.

  1. St. Mathilde of Saxony..............................966-999

  2. Adelheid I of Saxony....................................999

  3. Mathilde II of Saxony..............................999-1045

  4. Beatrix I of Franconia............................1046-1062

  5. Adelheid II of Franconia..........................1063-1095

  6. Agnes I of Poland...............................fl. c. 1100

  7. Gerberga........................................1113 ?-1137

  8. Beatrix II of Swabia..............................1138-1160

  9. Meregard..........................................1160-1161

  10. Adelheid III, Pfgn. v. Sachsen....................1161-1184

  11. Agnes II, Mgfn. v. Meissen........................1184-1203

  12. Sophia I, Gfn v. Brena....................1203-1224 d. 1227

  13. Bertrade I von Krosigk............................1224-1229

  14. Kunigunde von Kranichfeld.........................1229-1231

  15. Osterlinde, Gfn. v. Falkenstein.................1231-1233 ?

  16. Gertrud von Querfurt..............................1233-1270

  17. Bertrade II.......................................1270-1286

  18. Bertrade III......................................1286-1308

  19. Jutta von Kranichfeld.............................1308-1347

  20. Irmgard I, Gfn. v. Stolberg.......................1347-1348

  21. Luitgard, Gfn. v. Stolberg........................1348-1353

  22. Agnes III von Schrapelau..........................1354-1362

  23. Elisabeth I von Hakeborn..........................1362-1375

  24. Margarethe von Schrapelau.......................1375 ?-1380

  25. Irmgatd II, Bgfn. v. Kirchberg....................1380-1405

  26. Adelheid IV, Gfn. v. Isenburg.....................1405-1435

  27. Anna I, Gfn. Reuss v. Plauen......................1435-1458

  28. Hedwig, Hzgn. v. Sachsen..................1458-1511 d. 1519

  29. Magdalena, Fstn. v. Anhalt-Köthen.................1511-1515

  30. Protestant Abbesses

  31. Anna II, Gfn. v. Stolberg.........................1515-1574

  32. Elisabeth II, Gfn. v. Regenstein..................1574-1584

  33. Anna III, Gfn. v. Stolberg........................1584-1601

  34. Maria, Hzgn. v. Sachsen-Weimar....................1601-1610

  35. Dorothea, Hzgn. v. Sachsen........................1610-1617

  36. Dorothea Sophie, Hzgn. v. Sachsen-Altenburg.......1618-1645

  37. Anna Sophie I, Pfgn. v. Birkenfeld................1645-1681

  38. Anna Sophie II, Lgfn. v. Hessen-Darmstadt.........1681-1684

  39. Anna Dorothea, Hzgn. v. Sachsen-Weimar............1684-1704

  40. Aurora, Gfn. v. Königsmarck, Coadjutrix...............1704

  41. Magdalena Sibylle, Hzgn. v. Sachsen-Weissenfels, administrator..1704-1710

  42. Maria Elisabeth, Hzgn. v. Holstein-Gottorp........1710-1755

  43. Anna Amalie of Prussia............................1755-1787

  44. Sophie Albertine of Sweden................1787-1803 d. 1829

  45. To Prussia........................................1803-1807

  46. To Westphalia.....................................1807-1814

  47. To Prussia........................................1814-1918