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Sophie of Winzenburg

Index Sophie of Winzenburg

Sophie of Winzenburg (1105 in Winzenburg, near Hanover – 6 or 7 July 1160 in Brandenburg an der Havel) was the first Margravine of Brandenburg. [1]

29 relations: Abbess, Albert the Bear, Aschersleben, Ballenstedt, Bernhard, Count of Anhalt, Bishopric of Brandenburg, Bracteate, Brandenburg an der Havel, Děpold I of Jamnitz, Hanover, Hedwig of Brandenburg, Herman I, Count of Winzenburg, Holy Land, Lamspringe, List of administrators, archbishops, bishops, and prince-archbishops of Bremen, List of rulers of Saxony, Magdeburg, Margrave, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Oxgang, Pilgrimage, Quedlinburg Abbey, Siegfried, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia, Wellen, Saxony-Anhalt, Winzenburg, Wolmirsleben.

Abbess

In Christianity, an abbess (Latin abbatissa, feminine form of abbas, abbot) is the female superior of a community of nuns, which is often an abbey.

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Albert the Bear

Albert the Bear (Albrecht der Bär; Adelbertus, Adalbertus, Albertus; 1100 – 18 November 1170) was the first Margrave of Brandenburg (as Albert I) from 1157 to his death and was briefly Duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.

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Aschersleben

Aschersleben is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Ballenstedt

Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Bernhard, Count of Anhalt

Bernhard (– 2 February 1212), a member of the House of Ascania, was Count of Anhalt and Ballenstedt, and Lord of Bernburg through his paternal inheritance.

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Bishopric of Brandenburg

The Bishopric of Brandenburg (Episcopatus Brandenburgensis or Dioecesis Brandenburgensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese established by King Otto I of Germany in 948, in the territory of the Marca Geronis (Saxon Eastern March) east of the Elbe river.

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Bracteate

A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age (including the Vendel era in Sweden).

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Brandenburg an der Havel

Brandenburg an der Havel is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, which served as the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg until replaced by Berlin in 1417.

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Děpold I of Jamnitz

Děpold I (also Děpolt, modern English Theobald) was the second son of Duke Vladislav I of Bohemia and brother of Duke and later King of Bohemia Vladislav II.

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Hanover

Hanover or Hannover (Hannover), on the River Leine, is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg (later described as the Elector of Hanover).

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Hedwig of Brandenburg

Hedwig of Brandenburg, also called Hedwig of Ballenstedt (– end of March 1203), a member of the House of Ascania, was Margravine of Meissen from 1156 until 1190 by her marriage with Margrave Otto II.

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Herman I, Count of Winzenburg

Herman I, Count of Winzenburg (also known as Herman of Windberg; – 1137 or 1138) was count of Formbach and Radelberg.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ הַקּוֹדֶשׁ, Terra Sancta; Arabic: الأرض المقدسة) is an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also includes the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River.

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Lamspringe

Lamspringe is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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List of administrators, archbishops, bishops, and prince-archbishops of Bremen

This list records the bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Bremen (Bistum Bremen), supposedly a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Cologne, then of the bishops of Bremen, who were in personal union archbishops of Hamburg (simply titled Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen), later simply titled archbishops of Bremen, since 1180 simultaneously officiating as rulers of princely rank (prince-archbishop) in the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (Erzstift Bremen; est. 1180 and secularised in 1648), a state of imperial immediacy within the Holy Roman Empire.

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List of rulers of Saxony

This article lists dukes, electors, and kings ruling over different territories named Saxony from the beginning of the Saxon Duchy in the 9th century to the end of the Saxon Kingdom in 1918.

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Magdeburg

Magdeburg (Low Saxon: Meideborg) is the capital city and the second largest city of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Margrave

Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defense of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom.

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Margraviate of Brandenburg

The Margraviate of Brandenburg (Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe.

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Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg

Otto I (c. 1128 – July 8, 1184) was the second Margrave of Brandenburg, from 1170 until his death.

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Otto II, Margrave of Meissen

Otto II, the Rich (Otto der Reiche; 1125 – 18 February 1190), a member of the House of Wettin, was Margrave of Meissen from 1156 until his death.

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Oxgang

An oxgang or bovate (oxangang; oxgang; damh-imir; bovāta) is an old land measurement formerly used in Scotland and England as early as the 16th century sometimes referred to as an oxgait.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.

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Quedlinburg Abbey

Quedlinburg Abbey (Stift Quedlinburg or Reichsstift Quedlinburg) was a house of secular canonesses (Frauenstift) in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Siegfried, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen

Siegfried of Anhalt or Siegfried of Ballenstedt (c. 1132 – 24 October 1184) was born as the third son of Sophie of Winzenburg and her husband Albert the Bear, then Count of Anhalt, of the House of Ascania.

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Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia

Soběslav I (also "Sobeslaus"; c.1075 – 14 February 1140) was Duke of Bohemia from 1125 until his death.

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Wellen, Saxony-Anhalt

Wellen is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Winzenburg

Winzenburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Wolmirsleben

Wolmirsleben is a municipality in the district of Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_of_Winzenburg

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