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    and his wife Hemma. She was the abbess of Fraumünster, an abbey founded by her father. Hildegard was the eldest child of Louis the German and the countess...
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    at least 29 abbesses in the building's history: Hildegard (828–856 or 859), first abbess of Fraumünster Abbey Bertha (857–877?), daughter of Louis the German...
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  • Ouri Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), Christian saint Hildegard of Fraumünster (828–856 or 859), daughter of Louis the German and first abbess of Fraumünster...
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    previously owned by an abbess. List of abbots and abbesses of Kildare Katharina von Zimmern (1478–1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey Oestreich (1913)...
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    slopes of Etzel Pass, taking with him a wonder-working statue of the Virgin Mary which he had been given by the Hildegard (abbess of Fraumünster) of Zurich...
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    also founded the Fraumünster abbey on 21 July 853 for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zürich, Uri, and the...
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    promoted the abbess of the Fraumünster to the rank of a duchess in 1234. The abbess nominated the mayor, and she frequently delegated the minting of coins to...
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    mention of the town (as Chama) occurred on 16 April 858 when King Louis the German gave the town to his daughter, Hildegard, the abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey...
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    January 876), and they had: Hildegard (828–856), abbess of Fraumunster Carloman of Bavaria (829–880), King of Bavaria Irmgard of Chiemsee also known as Ermengard...
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    valley to the monastery of St Felix and Regula in Zürich (modern day Fraumünster) of which his daughter Hildegard was the first abbess. According to legend...
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