Heilwig of Lippe
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| name = Heilwig of Lippe
| image = File:Seal Adolf VIII. 01.jpg
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| noble family = Lippe
| father = Herman II, Lord of Lippe
| mother = Oda of Tecklenburg
| spouse = Adolf IV of Holstein
| birth_date = {{circa|1200}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{circa|1248/1250}}
| death_place =
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Heilwig of Lippe, also known as Heilwig of Schaumburg ({{circa|1200}} – {{circa|1248/1250}}) was a German noblewoman. She was countess of Holstein by marriage to Adolf IV of Holstein.
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 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 in 1247. This monastery later founded the monasteries {{lang|la|In Valle Virgum}}, 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 {{lang|de|Heilwigstraße}} 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:
Ancestors
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| 1= 1. Heilwig of Lippe
| 2= 2. Herman II, Lord of Lippe
| 3= 3. Oda of Tecklenburg
| 4= 4. Bernard II, Lord of Lippe
| 5= 5. Heilwig of Are-Hostaden
| 6= 6. Simon I, Count of Tecklenburg
| 7= 7. Oda of Berg-Altena
| 8= 8. Herman I, Lord of Lippe
| 10= 10. Otto I, Count of Are-Hostaden
| 12= 12. Henry I, Count of Tecklenburg
| 13= 13. Eilika of Oldenburg
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References
- Silke Urbanski: Geschichte des Klosters Harvestehude „In valle virginum“. Wirtschaftliche, soziale und politische Entwicklung eines Nonnenklosters bei Hamburg 1245-1530 (Dissertationsschrift), Münster 1996, {{ISBN|3-8258-2758-5}}
External links
- [http://www.klosterstjohannis.de/ Homepage of the St. John's monastery], viewed on 1 October 2010
- [http://www.geni.com/people/Bernhard-IV-zur-Lippe/6000000008639108855 Genealogy of Bernard IV of Lippe], viewed on 1 October 2010
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Category:13th-century German women
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Category:Year of death unknown
Category:13th-century German nobility
Category:Daughters of monarchs
Category:Mothers of German monarchs
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