Beatrice I Abbess of Quedlinburg [63672] 127
- Born: 1037, Italy
- Died: 13 Jul 1061 at age 24
- Buried: Abbey Church of Quedlinburg
 General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_of_Quedlinburg
Beatrice died on 13 July 1061. She was buried in the abbey church of Quedlinburg but her remains must have been removed elsewhere after the disastrous fire of 1070. A lead casket, which almost certainly contains the bones of Beatrice, has been preserved in Michaelstein Abbey since about 1161. In the crypt of the rebuilt church at Quedlinburg a tablet from the time of its rededication in 1129 serves as Beatrice's memorial.
Noted events in her life were:
• Acceded: Abbess of Gandersheim Abbey, 14 Jan 1044. On 14 January 1044, after the death of her kinswoman, Abbess Adelaide I , Beatrice was installed as abbess of Gandersheim Abbey by her father, overriding the right of the canonesses to elect their own head.
• Acceded: Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, 24 Jun 1044. Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey from 1044 until her death.
She was additionally consecrated Abbess of Quedlinburg on 24 June 1044 in Merseburg Cathedral , also succeeding Adelaide I, and a little later was created abbess of Vreden Abbey .
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