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Sophia I von Gandersheim

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Sophia I von Gandersheim

Birth
Death
30 Jan 1039
Germany
Burial
Bad Gandersheim, Landkreis Northeim, Lower Saxony, Germany Add to Map
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Royalty, Clergy. She was born after 977 as the second daughter of Otto II and Theophanu. She was raised by her cousin Gerberga. From 1002 until her death she was abbess of Gandersheim (succeeding Gerberga) and from 1011 also abbess of Essen (succeeding her cousin Mathilde).
Royalty, Clergy. She was born after 977 as the second daughter of Otto II and Theophanu. She was raised by her cousin Gerberga. From 1002 until her death she was abbess of Gandersheim (succeeding Gerberga) and from 1011 also abbess of Essen (succeeding her cousin Mathilde).


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