List of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg
This is a list of princess-abbesses of Quedlinburg Abbey.
| No. | Name | Image | Reign | Notes | House |
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| 1 | Matilda 955 - 7 February 999 |
966–999 | Daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide of Italy; granddaughter of Saint Matilda, founder of the abbey. | Ottonian dynasty | |
| 2 | Adelaide I 977- 14 January 1044 |
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999–1044 | Niece of Matilda and daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Theophanu. | |
| 3 | Beatrice I 1037- 13 July 1061 |
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1044–1062 | Daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Gunhilda of Denmark. | Salian dynasty |
| 4 | Adelaide II 1045 - 11 January 1096 |
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1062–1096 | Half-sister of Beatrice I and daughter of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and his second wife, Agnes of Poitou. | |
| 5 | Eilica 1080 - 1142 (?) |
1096–1110 | The only surviving traces of Eilica are coins found in Sweden. | ? | |
| 6 | Agnes I 1088- 1125/6 |
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1110–1125/6 | Niece of Beatrice I and Adelaide II and daughter of Vladislaus I Herman, Duke of Poland, and Judith of Swabia. | Piast dynasty |
| 7 | Gerberga died 12 July 1137 |
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1126–1137 | Sister of Counts Gottfried and Otto von Cappenberg. | House of Cappenberg |
| 8. | Beatrice II 1123- 2 April 1160 |
1137–1160 | Daughter of Herrmann I, Count of Winzenburg, and Hedwig of Wöltingerode. | House of Formbach | |
| 9 | Meregart |
1160–1161 | |||
| 10 | Adelaide III died 1 May 1184 |
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1161–1184 | Daughter of Frederick VI, Count Palatine of Saxony, and Lutgard of Salzwedel. | House of Sommerschenburg |
| 11 | Agnes II 19 June 1145 - 22 January 1203 |
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1184–1203 | Daughter of Conrad, Margrave of Meissen, and Luitgard of Elchingen-Ravenstein. | House of Wettin |
| 12 | Sophia I 1182 - 9 June 1226 |
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1203–1226 | Niece of Agnes II and daughter of Frederick I of Brehna and Hedwig of Böhmen-Jamnitz. | |
| 13 | Bertradis I 1221-1229 |
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1226–1230 | Daughter of Dedo II, Lord of Krosigk, and Adelaide of Harbke. | House of Krosigk |
| 14 | Cunigunde 1222-1231 |
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1230–1231 | Sister of Bishop Meinard von Kranichfeld | House of Kranichfeld |
| 15 | Osterlinde died 1233 |
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1231–1233 | House of Falkenstein | |
| 16 | Gertrude died 11 October 1270 |
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1233–1270 | Daughter of Werner von Ampfurth. | House of Ampfurth |
| 17 | Bertradis II 1270-13 October 1308 |
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1270–1308 | ||
| 18 | Jutta 1285- 5 November 1347 |
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1308–1347 | Daughter of Volrad VIII, Count of Kranichfeld. | House of Schwarzburg |
| 19 | Luitgard 1336-17 December 1353 |
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1347–1353 | Daughter of Louis, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode. | House of Stolberg |
| 20 | Agnes III died 9 October 1364 |
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1354–1362 | Daughter of Lappo von Schraplau. | House of Schraplau |
| 21 | Elisabeth I died 1375 |
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1362–1375 | House of Hakeborn | |
| 22 | Margaret 1355- 13/14 December 1379 |
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1376–1379 | Sister of Agnes III and daughter Lappo von Schraplau. | House of Schraplau |
| 23 | Irmgard 1356-20/22 August 1405 |
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1379–1405 | Daughter of Albert I, Burgrave of Kirchberg and Elisabeth of Orlamünde. | House of Kirchberg |
| 24 | Adelaide IV 1376-†15 March 1441 |
1405–1435 | Daughter of Henry II, Lord of Isenburg, and Countess Adelaide of Hanau. | House of Isenburg | |
| 25 | Anna I 1416-14 January 1458 Quedlinburg |
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1435–1458 | Daughter of Heinrich IX von Reuss, Lord of Plauen and Königswarth, and Countess Anna of Riesenburg. | House of Reuss |
| 26 | Hedwig 31 October 1445-13 June 1511 |
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1458–1511 | Daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, and Margaret of Austria and niece of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. | House of Wettin |
| 27 | Madalene 1491- 2 October 1515 |
1511–1515 | Daughter of Albert IV of Anhalt and Elisabeth of Mansfeld. | House of Ascania | |
| 28 | Anna II 28 January 1504 - 4 March 1574 |
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1515–1574 | The last Roman Catholic abbess and the first Lutheran abbess. Daughter of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode, and Anna von Eppenstein. | House of Stolberg |
| 29 | Elisabeth II 1542- 20 July 1584 |
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1574–1584 | Daughter of Count Ulrich of Regenstein-Blankenburg and Magdalena of Stolberg. | House of Regenstein |
| 30 | Anna III 3 April 1565-12 May 1601 |
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1584–1601 | Daughter of Count Henry of Stolberg and Elisabeth von Gleichen. | House of Stolberg |
| 31 | Maria 7 October 1571- 7 March 1610 |
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1601–1610 | Daughter of John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Countess Dorothea Susanna of the Palatinate. | House of Wettin |
| 32 | Dorothea 7 January 1591-17 November 1617 |
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1610–1617 | Daughter of Christian I, Elector of Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg. | |
| 33 | Dorothea Sophia 19 December 1587 - 10 February 1645 |
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1617–1645 | Daughter of Frederick William I and Sophie of Württemberg. | |
| 34 | Anna Sophia I 2 April 1619 1. September 1680 |
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1645–1680 | Daughter of George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Countess Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde. | House of Wittelsbach |
| 35 | Anna Sophia II 17 December 1638-13 December 1683 |
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1681–1683 | Daughter of George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Sophie Eleonore of Saxony. | House of Hesse-Darmstadt |
| 36 | Anna Dorothea 12 November 1657 - 24 June 1704 |
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1684–1704 | Daughter of John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and Duchess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. | House of Wettin |
| 37 | Marie Elisabeth 21 March 1678 - 17 July 1755 |
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1718–1755 | Daughter of Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp and Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark. | House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp |
| 38 | Anna Amalia 9 November 1723-30 March 1787 |
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1756–1787 | Daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover. | House of Hohenzollern |
| 39 | Sophia Albertina 8 October 1753 - 17 March 1829 |
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1787–1803 | Niece of Anna Amalia and daughter of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Princess Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. | House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp |
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