Sophia I (975 - 30 January 1039), also known as Sophie I, was Abbess of Gandersheim and an important kingmaker of the medieval Germany. Sophia was the eldest daughter born to Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Empress Theophanu. Since the age of four or five, Sophia was raised and educated in the Gandersheim Abbey. She was raised to become abbess of Gandersheim since childhood. Her father's first cousin, Abbess Gerberga II, taught her convent discipline and common law, both of which she mastered.

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  • 1. Sophia I, Abbess of Gandersheim
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  • 18. Dietrich of Westphalia
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  • 6. Konstantinos Skleros
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  • Sophia I (975 - 30 January 1039), also known as Sophie I, was Abbess of Gandersheim and an important kingmaker of the medieval Germany. Sophia was the eldest daughter born to Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Empress Theophanu. Since the age of four or five, Sophia was raised and educated in the Gandersheim Abbey. She was raised to become abbess of Gandersheim since childhood. Her father's first cousin, Abbess Gerberga II, taught her convent discipline and common law, both of which she mastered. Sophia received many grants of rights and property by her father and brother, Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor. From 995 until 997, Sophia was absent from the convent, accompanying her brother and acting as his consort. She acted as abbess of Eschwege from 997. In 1001, Abbess Gerberga II died. However, due to her brother's death, Sophia was not to be elected until 1002, with the approval of Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor. Her consecration was protracted by Sophia's demand to be consecrated by the Archbishop of Mainz, instead of the Bishop of Hildesheim who usually consecrated abbesses of Gandersheim. She was finally consecrated in 1002 by both the archbishop of Mainz and the bishop of Hildesheim. Sophia would later fight her ecclesiastical superiors who, with approval of Emperor Henry II, endangered Gandersheim's privilges and her own status. Together with her younger sister Adelheid I, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Sophia significantly influenced the election of Henry II as King of the Romans and legitimazing him in 1024, when he visited Vreden and Quedlinburg. Sophia and her sister would play the same role in election of Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. In 1011, Sophia was granted the Abbey of Essen. She ruled her abbeys successfully until her death in 1039. Despite being helped by the sisters, Conrad II denied Adelheid's request to succeed Sophia as Abbess of Gandersheim. Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, eventually granted her the right to rule Gandersheim too.
  • Sophia war die Tochter Kaiser Ottos II. und der Kaiserin Theophanu und damit Schwester Kaiser Ottos III.. Sie war von 1002 bis zu ihrem Tod Äbtissin in Gandersheim und ab 1011 zugleich Äbtissin in Essen.
  • Sophie de Gandersheim était la fille de l'empereur Otton II et de l'impératrice Théophane et l'une des sœurs de l'empereur Otton III. Elle fut abbesse de Gandersheim de 1001 à sa mort, et également abbesse d'Essen à partir de 1012.
  • Zofia – od 1002 r. opatka w Gandersheim i od 1011 r. opatka w Essen.
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  • Sophia I
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  • Sophia I (975 - 30 January 1039), also known as Sophie I, was Abbess of Gandersheim and an important kingmaker of the medieval Germany. Sophia was the eldest daughter born to Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Empress Theophanu. Since the age of four or five, Sophia was raised and educated in the Gandersheim Abbey. She was raised to become abbess of Gandersheim since childhood. Her father's first cousin, Abbess Gerberga II, taught her convent discipline and common law, both of which she mastered.
  • Sophia war die Tochter Kaiser Ottos II. und der Kaiserin Theophanu und damit Schwester Kaiser Ottos III.. Sie war von 1002 bis zu ihrem Tod Äbtissin in Gandersheim und ab 1011 zugleich Äbtissin in Essen.
  • Sophie de Gandersheim était la fille de l'empereur Otton II et de l'impératrice Théophane et l'une des sœurs de l'empereur Otton III. Elle fut abbesse de Gandersheim de 1001 à sa mort, et également abbesse d'Essen à partir de 1012.
  • Zofia – od 1002 r. opatka w Gandersheim i od 1011 r. opatka w Essen.
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