Heilwig of Lippe, also known as ''Heilwig of Schaumburg'' ( – ) was a German noblewoman.

Life

She was a daughter of Lord Herman II of Lippe and his wife, Oda of Tecklenburg. On 14 February 1246, she founded the

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monastery in Herwardeshude, a village at the mouth of the

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, between the later

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and Altona. The monastery was confirmed by

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in 1247. This monastery later founded the monasteries , also in Herwardeshude, and in 1530, after the reformation, the Monastery of St. John, which still exists as a Protestant nunnery.

Legacy

In 1870, the in

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was named after her.

Marriage and issue

She was married to Count

Adolf IV of Holstein Adolf IV (before 1205 – 8 July 1261), was a Count of Schauenburg (1225–1238) and of Holstein (1227–1238), of the House of Schaumburg. Adolf was the eldest son of Adolf III of Schauenburg and Holstein by his second wife, Adelheid of Quer ...

-Kiel and Schauenburg. They had at least three children: *

John I John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John I o ...

* Gerhard I *

Matilda Matilda or Mathilda may refer to: Animals * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The ...

Ancestors

References

Silke Urbanski Silke Urbanski (born 5 February 1964) is an historian, an author and a former politician ( SPD). For many years she held a teaching position for Middle-ages history at the Historisches Seminar (''loosely, "Historical faculty"'') at the University ...

: ''Geschichte des Klosters Harvestehude „In valle virginum“. Wirtschaftliche, soziale und politische Entwicklung eines Nonnenklosters bei Hamburg 1245-1530'' (Dissertationsschrift), Münster 1996,

External links

Homepage of the St. John's monastery
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Genealogy of Bernard IV of Lippe
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