Mother Oda of Tecklenburg Parents Herman II, Lord of Lippe | Name Heilwig Lippe Grandchildren Hedwig of Holstein Died 1248 | |
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Children Matilda of Holstein, Gerhard I, Count of Holstein-Itzehoe, John I, Count of Holstein-Kiel Similar People Abel - King of Denmark, Magnus III of Sweden, Birger Jarl | ||
Heilwig of Lippe, also known as Heilwig of Schaumburg (c. 1200 – c. 1248/1250) was a German noblewoman.
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Life
She was a daughter of Lord Herman II of Lippe and his wife, Oda of Tecklenburg.
On 14 February 1246, she found the Cistercian monastery in Herwardeshude, a village at the mouth of the Pepermölenbek, between the later St. Pauli and Altona. The monastery was confirmed by Pope Innocent IV in 1247. This monastery later founded the monasteries In Valle Virgum, also in Herwardeshude, and in 1530, after the reformation, the Monastery of St. John, which still exists as a Protestant nunnery.
Legacy
In 1870, the Heilwigstraße in Hamburg-Eppendorf was named after her.
Marriage and issue
She was married to Count Adolf IV of Holstein-Kiel and Schauenburg. They had at least three children: