Countess Elisabeth of Regenstein-Blankenburg (1542 – 20 July 1584) was
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
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. As such, she is numbered Elisabeth II.
Elisabeth was the daughter of
Count Ulrich of Regenstein-Blankenburg
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, and his second wife, Magdalene of Stolberg.
Reign
In 1565, with the consent of both the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope,
she was elected coadjutor to
Anna II, the first Protestant Abbess of Quedlinburg. Abbess Anna II died on 4 March 1574;
a day after Anna II's death, Elisabeth was consecrated Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg,
and as such she was also
Princess of the Holy Roman Empire. Elisabeth II was the second Protestant Abbess of Quedlinburg and the first one to be Protestant at the moment of her election.
Augustus, Elector of Saxony
Augustus (31 July 152611 February 1586) was Elector of Saxony from 1553 to 1586.
First years
Augustus was born in Freiberg, the youngest child and third (but second surviving) son of Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, and Catherine of Mecklenburg. He cons ...
, was initially against her election. He eventually agreed to recognize her as abbess, on condition that he approves all the future candidates for the office of Abbess of Quedlinburg. Elisabeth II had to agree to impose taxes together with Augustus.
Abbess Elisabeth II hosted a theological conference in 1583, a year before her death.
Elisabeth II died on 20 July 1584.
Countess Anna of Stolberg-Wernigerode succeeded Elisabeth as Anna III.
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Abbesses of Quedlinburg
1542 births
1584 deaths
Lutheran abbesses
German nobility