Agnes I (c. 1090 – 29 December 1125) was Abbess of
Gandersheim and
Quedlinburg
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She was the second daughter of
Judith of Swabia
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and
Władysław I Herman
Władysław I Herman ( 1044 – 4 June 1102) was the duke of Poland from 1079 until his death.
Accession
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. She was the granddaughter of
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Henry was raised by ...
. Agnes became abbess at Gandersheim Abbey, the place of several famous women, such as
Hroswitha of Gandersheim
Hrotsvitha (c. 935–973) was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is considered the first female w ...
, recorded by
Conrad Celtes
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.
She was
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
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from 1110 until 1125. She was excommunicated by
Pope Calixtus II
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for her loyalty to her paternal uncle,
Henry V Henry V may refer to:
People
* Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026)
* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125)
* Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161)
* Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227)
* Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (121 ...
, the King of the Romans in 1119.
She died in Quedlinburg.
References
1090s births
1125 deaths
12th-century German abbesses
Abbesses of Quedlinburg
People excommunicated by the Catholic Church
Polish princesses
Piast dynasty
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