Heilwig of Lippe

Heilwig of Lippe, also known as Heilwig of Schaumburg was a German noblewoman. She was countess of Holstein by marriage to Adolf IV of Holstein.

Life She was a daughter of Lord Herman II of Lippe and his wife, Oda of Tecklenburg.

On 14 February 1246, she founded 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 , 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 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: John I Gerhard I Matilda

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