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Adelaide I (977-1044)

"Adelaide I (German: Adelheid; 973/74[a] – 14 January 1044 or 1045), a member of the royal Ottonian dynasty was the second Princess-abbess of Quedlinburg from 999, and Abbess of Gernrode from 1014, and Abbess of Gandersheim from 1039 until her death, as well as a highly influential kingmaker of medieval Germany.

^ Annalista Saxo Cronica 977, Pertz, G. H. (ed.) Monumenta GermaniƦ Historica Scriptorum VI, pp. 542-777, Leipzig 1828, 1925.^ Thietmari Chronicon 4.10, p. 158, Pertz, G. H. (ed.) Monumenta GermaniƦ Historica Scriptorum III, pp. 723-871, Hannover 1839, 1925.^ Wolfram; Kaiser, Herwig; Denise Adele (2006). Conrad II, 990-1039: emperor of three kingdoms. Penn State Press. ISBN 0-271-02738-X. Retrieved 2009-07-09.Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page)." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.10.2019)

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daughter of Otto II [father of], Theophanu [mother of]

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