Uta of Schauenburg
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Uta of Schauenburg was the founder of All Saints' Abbey
in Baden-Württemberg
. A sovereign countess, she was the daughter of Gotfried von Calw and was one of the richest heiresses in Germany. After her father's death a harsh succession war was solved in her favour by the nephew of her husband Welf VI
, Friedrich Barbarossa in 1151.
All Saints' Abbey (Baden-Württemberg)
All Saints' Abbey was a Premonstratensian monastery near Oppenau in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.-History:...
in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
. A sovereign countess, she was the daughter of Gotfried von Calw and was one of the richest heiresses in Germany. After her father's death a harsh succession war was solved in her favour by the nephew of her husband Welf VI
Welf VI
Welf VI was the margrave of Tuscany and duke of Spoleto , the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious Italo-German family of the Welf....
, Friedrich Barbarossa in 1151.