Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen

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Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen, was a 10th–11th century Ottonian princess who became a powerful imperial abbess and influential religious and political figure within the Holy Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottonian princess ⓘ
abbess ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval German noblewoman ⓘ
appointedAs abbess of Essen Abbey ⓘ
associatedWith Essen Abbey treasury ⓘ
linked to: Essen Abbey

Essen Cathedral ⓘ
burialPlace Essen Abbey ⓘ
canonized no (not generally recognized as a canonized saint) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 979 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1011 ⓘ
describedBySource medieval chronicles of the Ottonian period ⓘ
educatedAt Essen Abbey ⓘ
endTimeAsAbbessOfEssen 1011 ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
Ottonian period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Saxon nobility ⓘ
father Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
hasTitle imperial abbess ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Old High German ⓘ
memberOf Ottonian dynasty ⓘ
mother Theophanu ⓘ
nobleFamily Liudolfing dynasty ⓘ
nobleTitle princess of Germany ⓘ
notableFor acting as an influential religious and political figure in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
patronage of Ottonian art ⓘ
patronage of church building and decoration at Essen ⓘ
strengthening the status of Essen Abbey as an imperial abbey ⓘ
occupation abbess ⓘ
political figure ⓘ
partOf imperial church system of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Germany ⓘ
placeOfDeath Essen ⓘ
positionHeld Abbess of Essen ⓘ
imperial abbess ⓘ
relative Matilda, Abbess of Quedlinburg (aunt) ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder secular canonesses of Essen ⓘ
residence Essen ⓘ
Essen Abbey ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Adelheid I, Abbess of Quedlinburg ⓘ
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim ⓘ
startTime circa 973–1011 (life in 10th–11th century) ⓘ
startTimeAsAbbessOfEssen circa 973–980s (uncertain exact year) ⓘ

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Theophanu → motherOf → Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen ⓘ
Golden Madonna of Essen → associatedWith → Abbess Mathilde of Essen ⓘ
linked to: Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen
Imperial Abbey of Essen → notableRuler → Mathilde, Abbess of Essen ⓘ
linked to: Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen