German Nobility. She was the oldest daughter of Emperor Heinrich III the Pious of the Holy Roman Empire and his second wife, Empress Agnes of Poitou. Her mother, who acted as regent for her son (the heir to the throne), designated her as successor of Abbess Beatrix, Adelheid's half sister. She became Abbess in Gandersheim, Saxony in 1061, and became Abbess in Quedlinburg, Saxony, three years later.
German Nobility. She was the oldest daughter of Emperor Heinrich III the Pious of the Holy Roman Empire and his second wife, Empress Agnes of Poitou. Her mother, who acted as regent for her son (the heir to the throne), designated her as successor of Abbess Beatrix, Adelheid's half sister. She became Abbess in Gandersheim, Saxony in 1061, and became Abbess in Quedlinburg, Saxony, three years later.
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As Princess-Abbess Adelheid II may have been buried in the original Quedlinburg Abbey.
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