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Adelaide II of Büren

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Adelaide II of Büren
Seal of Abbess Adelaide II of Gernrode
Abbess of Gernrode
Reign1206 – 1220
PredecessorRichinza
SuccessorSophia
Died3 November 1220
Gernrode Abbey

Adelaide II of Büren (also Adelheid II. von Büren; † 3 November 1220) was the abbess of Gernrode Abbey (r.1207-1220).

Life

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Adelaide II was a member of the von Büren dynasty, a noble family which owned property in Büren, Wünnenberg and Wewelsburg.[1] Adelaide was probably elected abbess of Gernrode abbey in early 1207. She is named as abbess in a papal diploma issued in August 1207.[2] During her time as abbess, there was conflict about the appointment of a seneschal between two Ministeriales of the abbey: the brothers Arnold and Frederick of Gernrode. The conflict was settled by Bishop Frederick of Halberstadt on 10 August 1220.[3]

Adelaide died on 3 November, probably 1220.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ Schulze, Das Stift Gernrode, p. 46.
  2. ^ Schulze, Das Stift Gernrode, p. 46.
  3. ^ von Heinemann, Geschichte der Abtei, p. 18.
  4. ^ von Heinemann, Geschichte der Abtei, p. 18.

References

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  • Otto von Heinemann, Geschichte der Abtei und Beschreibung der Stiftskirche zu Gernrode. (H. C. Huch, Quedlinburg 1877).
  • Hans K. Schulze, Das Stift Gernrode. Unter Verwendung eines Manuskriptes von Reinhold Specht. Mit einem kunstgeschichtlichen Beitrag von Günther W. Vorbrodt. (Mitteldeutsche Forschungen Bd. 38) (Böhlau, Cologne, 1965).
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