Heilwig of Lippe

Heilwig of Lippe, also known as Heilwig of Schaumburg (c. 1200 – c. 1248/1250) was a German noblewoman. She was countess of Holstein by marriage to Adolf IV of Holstein.

Heilwig of Lippe
Born	c. 1200
Died	c. 1248/1250
Noble family	Lippe
Spouse(s)	Adolf IV of Holstein
Father	Herman II, Lord of Lippe
Mother	Oda of Tecklenburg

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 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:

• John I
• Gerhard I
• Matilda

Ancestors

Ancestors of Heilwig of Lippe
8. Herman I, Lord of Lippe 4. Bernard II, Lord of Lippe 2. Herman II, Lord of Lippe 10. Otto I, Count of Are-Hostaden 5. Heilwig of Are-Hostaden 1. Heilwig of Lippe 12. Henry I, Count of Tecklenburg 6. Simon I, Count of Tecklenburg 13. Eilika of Oldenburg 3. Oda of Tecklenburg 7. Oda of Berg-Altena

References

• Silke Urbanski: Geschichte des Klosters Harvestehude „In valle virginum“. Wirtschaftliche, soziale und politische Entwicklung eines Nonnenklosters bei Hamburg 1245-1530 (Dissertationsschrift), Münster 1996, ISBN 3-8258-2758-5

External links

• Homepage of the St. John's monastery, viewed on 1 October 2010
• Genealogy of Bernard IV of Lippe, viewed on 1 October 2010