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
Cistercian
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monastery in Herwardeshude, a village at the mouth of the
Pepermölenbek, between the later
St. Pauli and
Altona. The monastery was confirmed by
Pope Innocent IV
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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
Hamburg-Eppendorf was named after her.
Marriage and issue
She was married to Count
Adolf IV of Holstein-Kiel and Schauenburg. They had at least three children:
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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 ...
*
Gerhard I
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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
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Silke Urbanski: ''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 viewed on 1 October 2010
Genealogy of Bernard IV of Lippe viewed on 1 October 2010
13th-century German women
House of Lippe
House of Schauenburg
Year of birth unknown
13th-century deaths
Year of death unknown
13th-century German nobility
Daughters of monarchs
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