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Personal data Sophia van Winzenburg 

  • She was born in the year 1105.
  • (Levens event) .Source 1
    Sophie of Winzenburg (1105 in Winzenburg, near Hanover – 6 or 7 July 1160 in Brandenburg an der Havel)[1][2] was the first Margravine of Brandenburg.
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    Life

    Sophie was a daughter of Count Herman I of Winzenburg and his first wife, who was a Countess of Everstein.

    She donated an oxgang of farmland near Wellen to the monastery at Leitzkau and later another oxgang near Wolmirsleben. In 1158, she accompanied her husband on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
    Death

    Her sister Beatrix was abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey. Sophie and Beatrix both died in 1160. Some sources suggest that Sophie died on 25 March, other name 6 or 7 July. She was buried in the church of the monastery in Ballenstedt.[2]
    Criticism

    The present state of research is that the identity of her father has not been conclusively proven. She may have belonged to another noble house in which the name Sophie was used.
    Image

    700 years after her death, a bracteate depicting Sophie and her husband was found in Aschersleben.[3] Her portrait is stylized, as was usual in that period. The fact that Albert depicted his wife beside him on coins, is a sign of his extraordinary love for Sophie.
  • She died on March 25, 1160, she was 55 years old.
  • A child of Herman I van Winzenburg and NN van Everstein
  • This information was last updated on January 11, 2013.

Household of Sophia van Winzenburg

She is married to Albrecht I "de Beer" van Brandenburg.

They got married in the year 1125, she was 20 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  3. Hedwig van Ballenstedt  ????-1203 
  10. Otto I van Brandenburg  1128-1184 

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    1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_of_Winzenburg
    2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_I_of_Brandenburg

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