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Hacheza was a member of the [[House of Ascania]]. Her parents are sometimes said to have been [[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|of Ballenstedt]] and Hidda, daughter of Margrave [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Odo I of the Saxon Eastern March]], although there is no direct evidence for this.<ref>Feicker 2012, p.16</ref> If so, Hacheza had at least three siblings: [[Esico of Ballenstedt]], [[Uta von Ballenstedt]], who married Margrave [[Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen|Eckhard II of Meissen]].<ref>Feicker 2012, p.15</ref> She may have also had two other brothers, Ludolf, who became a monk at [[Imperial Abbey of Corvey|Corvey]], and Dietrich, provost of [[Ballenstedt]].<ref>Schlenker, ''Kloster Ballenstedt'', pp. 29-30.</ref> Esico’s great-grandson, [[Albert the Bear]], is the first documented advocate of the abbey of Gernrode. From this point onwards, until the dissolution of the abbey, members of the Askanier dynasty held the advocacy of Gernrode. |
Hacheza was a member of the [[House of Ascania]]. Her parents are sometimes said to have been [[Adalbert, Count of Ballenstedt|Adalbert of Ballenstedt]] and Hidda, daughter of Margrave [[Odo I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark|Odo I of the Saxon Eastern March]], although there is no direct evidence for this.<ref>Feicker 2012, p.16</ref> If so, Hacheza had at least three siblings: [[Esico of Ballenstedt]], [[Uta von Ballenstedt]], who married Margrave [[Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen|Eckhard II of Meissen]].<ref>Feicker 2012, p.15</ref> She may have also had two other brothers, Ludolf, who became a monk at [[Imperial Abbey of Corvey|Corvey]], and Dietrich, provost of [[Ballenstedt]].<ref>Schlenker, ''Kloster Ballenstedt'', pp. 29-30.</ref> Esico’s great-grandson, [[Albert the Bear]], is the first documented advocate of the abbey of Gernrode. From this point onwards, until the dissolution of the abbey, members of the Askanier dynasty held the advocacy of Gernrode. |
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Hacheza was the successor of Abbess [[Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg|Adelaide I]]. Under her rule, the abbey increased its possessions through many donations. |
Hacheza was the successor of Abbess [[Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg|Adelaide I]]. Under her rule, the abbey increased its possessions through many donations. |
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Hacheza of Ballenstedt | |
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 Stained glass image of Abbess Hacheza of Gernrode | |
| Abbess of Gernrode | |
| Reign | 1044 – 1063 |
| Predecessor | Adelaide I of Gernrode |
| Successor | Hedwig II of Gernrode |
| Died | 1063 Gernrode Abbey |
| Noble family | House of Ascania |
| Father | Adalbert of Ballenstedt? |
| Mother | Hidda? |
Hacheza of Ballenstedt (d. 1063) was a member of the House of Ascania, and the third abbess of Gernrode (r.1044-1063).
Life
Hacheza was a member of the House of Ascania. Her parents are sometimes said to have been Adalbert of Ballenstedt and Hidda, daughter of Margrave Odo I of the Saxon Eastern March, although there is no direct evidence for this.[1] If so, Hacheza had at least three siblings: Esico of Ballenstedt, Uta von Ballenstedt, who married Margrave Eckhard II of Meissen.[2] She may have also had two other brothers, Ludolf, who became a monk at Corvey, and Dietrich, provost of Ballenstedt.[3] Esico’s great-grandson, Albert the Bear, is the first documented advocate of the abbey of Gernrode. From this point onwards, until the dissolution of the abbey, members of the Askanier dynasty held the advocacy of Gernrode.
Hacheza was the successor of Abbess Adelaide I. Under her rule, the abbey increased its possessions through many donations.
According to the Annales Gernrodensis, written by the chronicler Andreas Popperodt in the sixteenth century, Hacheza was abbess of Gernrode for nineteen years. She is, however, only attested in two imperial diplomas from February 1044[4] and February 1046.[5]
Hacheza’s brother-in-law, Eckhard II of Meissen, also made a large donation to Gernrode before his death, because his marriage to Hacheza’s sister, Uta, had remained childless. Eckhard’s donation was confirmed by Henry III in February 1046. The donation included property in Gundersleve, in Westerhausen, where Gernrode already had possessions, and in Wendhusen, now in the district of Thale, as well as abandoned villages near Wegeleben, in Mordorf and Richbrechtigerode, both near Blankenburg, and Egihardingerode and Dorbonrod, whose modern locations are unknown.[6]
Notes
- ^ Feicker 2012, p.16
- ^ Feicker 2012, p.15
- ^ Schlenker, Kloster Ballenstedt, pp. 29-30.
- ^ Bresslau and Kehr, Urkunden Heinrichs III., no. 121 (21 Feb 1044).
- ^ Bresslau and Kehr, Urkunden Heinrichs III., no. 150 (19 Feb 1046).
- ^ Hartung, Zur Vergangenheit von Gernrode, p. 46.
References
- Schlenker, Gerlinde, Kloster Ballenstedt - das Hauskloster der aelteren Grafen von Anhalt, in Harz-Zeitschrift für den Harz-Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde e.V., Lukas Verlag (2012)
- Feicker, Bernd, Das Vorwek des Reichsstiftes Gernrode und das Kuechengut der Blankenburger, in Harz-Zeitschrift für den Harz-Verein für Geschichte und Altertumskunde e.V., Lukas Verlag (2012)
- Andreas Popperodt: Historia Ecclesiae Gerenrodenses, in J.C. Bekmann, ed., Accesiones Historia Anhaltinae als Annales Gernrodensis. 1716.
- Hans Hartung: Zur Vergangenheit von Gernrode. Verlag Carl Mittag, Gernrode 1912.
- H. Bresslau and P. Kehr, eds., Die Urkunden Heinrichs III. (Berlin, 1931).