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| name = Agnes II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
| name = Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
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| image = Agnes_of_Brunswick-Grubenhagen.jpg
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| noble family = [[House of Guelph]]
| caption = Portrait from the family tree of the House of Pomerania, 1598
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| house = [[House of Guelph]]
| father = [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]
| father = [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]
| mother = Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen
| mother = Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen
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| burial_place = Abbey church in [[Gandersheim Abbey]]
| burial_place = Abbey church in [[Gandersheim Abbey]]
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'''Agnes II von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen''' (born: {{circa|1406}}; died: 18 November 1439) was from 1412 to 1439 [[abbess]] of [[Gandersheim Abbey]].
'''Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen''' (born: {{circa|1406}}; died: 18 November 1439) was, from 1412 to 1439, [[abbess]] of [[Gandersheim Abbey]] as '''Agnes II'''.


== Life ==
== Life ==
She was a daughter of [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]. She was about six yeras old when she was elected abbess of [[Gandersheim Abbey]]. The pope confirmed Agnes's election while she was a minor while Agnes, however, he appointed a dean of the Abbey as her guardian and regent. Around 1425, Agnes began to rule without a regent.
She was a daughter of [[Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen]]. She was about six years old when she was elected abbess of [[Gandersheim Abbey]]. The pope confirmed Agnes's election while she was a minor, however, he appointed a dean of the Abbey as her guardian and regent. Around 1425, Agnes began to rule without a regent.


She died in 1439 and was buried in the abbey church.
She died in 1439 and was buried in the abbey church.


== Guelph inheritance division ==
== Guelph inheritance division ==
In connection with the [[Principality_of_Calenberg # Welf inheritance divisions|Guelph inheritance division]]<ref>Goetting S. 111</ref> after the Lords of [[Homburg]] died out, she transferred the castle and town of [[Gandersheim]] and the castles of [[Seesen]] and [[Stauffenburg]] to [[Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen|Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen]]. She transferred [[Asseburg Castle]], [[Gifhorn]], Castle and City of [[Lüneburg]], [[Greene Castle]], Lüthorst, one half of the [[fief]] of [[Homburg (Stadtoldendorf)|Homburg]], [[Lauenstein Castle]], and the former [[County of Wernigerode]] to [[William I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<ref>[http://books.google.at/books?id=8EEOAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=urkundenbuch+sudendorf&hl=de&ei=EUhNTM6_EciL4Qa_1ImaDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Hans Friedrich Georg Julius Sudendorf: Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Herzöge von Braunschweig und Lüneburg und ihrer Lande'', Part Three, 1862, p. 71]</ref>.
In connection with the [[Principality of Calenberg#Welf inheritance divisions|Guelph inheritance division]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LrLr_mguE6kC&q=Agnes+II.+Braunschweig-Grubenhagen+Gandersheim&pg=PA320|author=Hans Goetting|title=Das Bistum Hildesheim|year=1973|page=111|publisher=Walter de Gruyter & Co.|location=Berlin|isbn=3110042193|language=German}}</ref> after the Lords of [[Homburg Castle|Homburg]] died out, she transferred the castle and town of [[Bad Gandersheim|Gandersheim]] and the castles of [[Seesen]] and [[Stauffenburg]] to [[Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen|Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen]]. She transferred [[Asseburg Castle]], [[Gifhorn]], Castle and City of [[Lüneburg]], [[Greene Castle]], Lüthorst, one half of the [[fief]] of [[Homburg Castle|Homburg]], [[Lauenstein Castle]], and the former [[County of Wernigerode]] to [[William I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8EEOAAAAQAAJ|quote=urkundenbuch sudendorf.|title=Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Herzöge von Braunschweig und Lüneburg und ihrer Lande|author=Hans Friedrich Georg Julius Sudendorf|year=1862|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_8EEOAAAAQAAJ/page/n234 71]|publisher=Carl Rümpler|location=Hannover|language=German}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[http://books.google.de/books?id=LrLr_mguE6kC&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=Agnes+II.+Braunschweig-Grubenhagen+Gandersheim&source=bl&ots=xfU_2jOH2T&sig=21sfnHH8RrWMMO-07n6ZYM3LUtU&hl=de&ei=mU9NTIvRDYmmOMTsoJYD&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Agnes%20II.%20Braunschweig-Grubenhagen%20Gandersheim&f=false Hans Goetting: ''Das Bistum Hildesheim'', 1973, p. 320-322]
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{{Persodata
| NAME = Agnes II of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Agnes II von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (German)
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = abbess of the monastery Gandersheim
| DATE OF BIRTH = {{circa|1406}}
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = 18 November 1439
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
See caption
Portrait from the family tree of the House of Pomerania, 1598
Bornc. 1406
Died(1439-11-18)18 November 1439
Burial
Abbey church in Gandersheim Abbey
HouseHouse of Guelph
FatherEric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
MotherElisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen

Agnes of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (born: c. 1406; died: 18 November 1439) was, from 1412 to 1439, abbess of Gandersheim Abbey as Agnes II.

Life

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She was a daughter of Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. She was about six years old when she was elected abbess of Gandersheim Abbey. The pope confirmed Agnes's election while she was a minor, however, he appointed a dean of the Abbey as her guardian and regent. Around 1425, Agnes began to rule without a regent.

She died in 1439 and was buried in the abbey church.

Guelph inheritance division

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In connection with the Guelph inheritance division[1] after the Lords of Homburg died out, she transferred the castle and town of Gandersheim and the castles of Seesen and Stauffenburg to Otto II of Brunswick-Göttingen. She transferred Asseburg Castle, Gifhorn, Castle and City of Lüneburg, Greene Castle, Lüthorst, one half of the fief of Homburg, Lauenstein Castle, and the former County of Wernigerode to William I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hans Goetting (1973). Das Bistum Hildesheim (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co. p. 111. ISBN 3110042193.
  2. ^ Hans Friedrich Georg Julius Sudendorf (1862). Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Herzöge von Braunschweig und Lüneburg und ihrer Lande (in German). Hannover: Carl Rümpler. p. 71. urkundenbuch sudendorf.


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