Agnes of Limburg-Styrum
Agnes of Limburg-Styrum | |
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Born | 18 September 1563 Castle de Wildenborch, Bronckhorst |
Died | 2 January 1645 Vreden | (aged 81)
Buried | Collegiate Church of Vreden |
Noble family | House of Limburg-Stirum |
Father | Hermann Georg of Limburg |
Mother | Mary of Hoya-Bruchhausen |
Agnes of Limburg-Styrum (18 September 1563 at
Life
She came from a noble Limburg-Styrum family. Her father was Herman George of Limburg-Bronkhorst, Lord of Styrum, Wisch and Borculo. Her mother was Countess Mary of Hoya-Bruchhausen. Her sister Metta was also Abbess in Freckenhorst.
She entered the convent in Elten at a young age. She became provost in Vreden in 1596. In 1603, she became abbess of Elten. From 1614, she was abbess of the abbeys at Vreden, Borghorst and Freckenhorst. She lived mostly in Vreden.
All four abbeys were in a bad state at the beginning of her reign. Some were suffering from the aftermath of recent wars; in other, life had become too worldly. Agnes implemented reforms in all her abbeys. In Elten, she had the partially ruined building demolished and began building a new one. In Borghorst, she added a new building.
In 1619, she created the "passion cloth" of Vreden. It shows eleven images in relation to the
During the later part of her life, the
She died in 1645 and was buried in the Collegiate Church of Vreden.
References
- Wilhelm Kohl: Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Köln. Das Bistum Münster III. Das (freiweltliche) Damenstift Freckenhorst, in the series Germania sacra, new series, vol.10, Berlin, 1965, ISBN 978-3-11-002098-4, p. 347 ff
External links
- (in German) Biography at lwl.org