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Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

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207:. The change was not welcomed by the citizens of Quedlinburg nor by the Princess-Abbess, as it led to diminishing of her power and loss of many of the abbey-principality's possessions. The Princess-Abbess protested against the sale and refused to recognise the Elector of Brandenburg as the abbey-principality's new guardian until military occupation the same year forced her to do so. As many of her predecessors, she often came into conflicts with the Council of the City of Quedlinburg and her guardian. 340: 509: 170: 143: 176:
Her father decided she should pursue an ecclesiastical career when she was still a child. From 1681 until 1684, Anna Dorothea was provost of the Quedlinburg monasteries. Upon the death of
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in 1697, found himself in need of money as the election had cost him a fortune. The King of Poland therefore decided to sell his rights of guardianship of the abbey-principality to
328: 180:, Anna Dorothea was chosen to succeed her, though not without difficulties that required the intervention of the abbey-principality's guardian and fellow 580: 570: 550: 298: 73: 29: 560: 321: 269: 177: 54: 555: 611: 530: 166: 133: 575: 378: 185: 373: 368: 601: 314: 545: 535: 413: 290: 64: 525: 498: 388: 363: 276: 155: 36: 488: 443: 408: 540: 493: 478: 463: 423: 398: 189: 433: 631: 458: 428: 468: 453: 403: 393: 473: 438: 606: 483: 418: 383: 448: 616: 223: 204: 196: 339: 626: 621: 68: 306: 346: 253: 181: 123: 200: 28: 595: 211: 214:
to recover, but without success. She died the next year. She is buried in Weimar.
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Geschichte des vormaligen Reichsstifts und der Stadt Quedlinburg
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Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
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Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
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Anna Dorothea suffered poor health in 1703 and went to
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Index


Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Anna Sophia II, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Maria Aurora von Königsmarck
provost
Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Quedlinburg
Weimar
Weimar
House
Wettin
John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Weimar
John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Princess Christine Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Princess-Abbess Anna Sophia II
Wettin
John George III, Elector of Saxony
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I
Frederick Augustus I
King of Poland
Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg
Carlsbad
Fritsch, Johann Heinrich
House of Wettin
Anna Sophia II
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Maria Aurora von Königsmarck
Marie Elisabeth

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