Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (born: c. 1406; died: 18 November 1439) was, from 1412 to 1439, abbess of Gandersheim Abbey as Agnes II.
Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen | |
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Born | c. 1406 |
Died | 18 November 1439 |
Burial | Abbey church in Gandersheim Abbey |
House | House of Guelph |
Father | Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
Mother | Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen |
Life
editShe was a daughter of Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. She was about six years old when she was elected abbess of Gandersheim Abbey. The pope confirmed Agnes's election while she was a minor, however, he appointed a dean of the Abbey as her guardian and regent. Around 1425, Agnes began to rule without a regent.
She died in 1439 and was buried in the abbey church.
Guelph inheritance division
editIn connection with the Guelph inheritance division[1] after the Lords of Homburg died out, she transferred the castle and town of Gandersheim and the castles of Seesen and Stauffenburg to Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen. She transferred Asseburg Castle, Gifhorn, Castle and City of Lüneburg, Greene Castle, Lüthorst, one half of the fief of Homburg, Lauenstein Castle, and the former County of Wernigerode to William I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hans Goetting (1973). Das Bistum Hildesheim (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co. p. 111. ISBN 3110042193.
- ^ Hans Friedrich Georg Julius Sudendorf (1862). Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Herzöge von Braunschweig und Lüneburg und ihrer Lande (in German). Hannover: Carl Rümpler. p. 71.
urkundenbuch sudendorf.