Adelheid (Askanier) von Ballenstedt (abt. 1135 - bef. 1162)

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Adelheid Askanier was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Adelheid was the daughter of Albrecht I 'der Bär' (the Bear)von Ballenstedt, Herzog von Sachsen (Duke of Saxony) and Markgraf von Brandenburg (Margrave of Brandenburg), and his wife Sophie von Winzenburg. There is no clear indication of her birth date, but she was probably one of their younger children^[1] and one source gives circa 1135^[2] as an approximate date. The original date on this record of about 1146^[3], seems possibly too late.

She became a nun in Kloster Lamspringe and probably died there and was definitely buried there, perhaps in late 1161 or early 1162^[4]. A charter dated 12 June 1162 attests to her father donating property in memory of Adelheid and that she was buried in Lamspringe.^[5]

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References

1. ↑ Cawley, places her as their tenth child.
2. ↑ Genealogie Mittelalter
3. ↑ Taken from hofundssonAnces.ged, source otherwise unknown, which also specifies her birth as taking place as Dresden, which also seems to be unlikely and probably taken from the fact that her original name was given as Princess of Saxony
4. ↑ The original record had between 01 February 1161 to 1162, again from hofundssonAnces.ged; Cawley has before 2 January 1162; Genealogie Mittelalter has before 1162
5. ↑ Cawley; Partenheimer quoted in Genealogie Mittelalter

Bibliography

• Cawley, Charles, (2011), 'Brandenburg', v2.1, updated 30 July, in Medieval Lands (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands : viewed 17 April 2014).

• Genealogie Mittelalter (http://www.manfred-hiebl.de/genealogie-mittelalter : viewed 17 April 2014) Dynastien Askanier, article 'Adelheid von Ballenstedt Nonne in Kloster Lampspringe + um 1162'.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michael Stephenson who added to this profile.