| 11. | However, Abbess Mathilde had vainly refused to surrender the girl.
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| 12. | Her sisters included Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Thorn and Essen.
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| 13. | Five years later, she was elected abbess of the community.
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| 14. | The last recognized Abbess, Birgitta Knutsdotter, died in 1577.
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| 15. | In 1718, she was elected Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg.
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| 16. | From 1797 to 1800, she was abbess of Dr�beck Abbey.
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| 17. | On 13 October 1764, Friederike Charlotte became Abbess of Herford.
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| 18. | However, the abbess, Margaret of Chlum was still Catholic.
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| 19. | Its abbess is nun Mihaela Piu ( as of 2013 ).
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| 20. | Mathilde was not an abbess who remained secluded in monastic silence.
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