Queen Consort of Germany; Abbess of Hersfeld. Death date is 21 Jun in a year after 909.
Her parents were : Erwin of Merseburg - Count in the Hassegau and in the Gau Friesenfeld (c840 – 906) and Wendilgarde of Lahngau. (Wendilgarde's sister, Hildegard, was married to Count Thietmar of Merseburg ( -932).
Hatheburg was married around 890, for the first time, to a man whose name is not known. She was widowed shortly afterwards, and entered a monastery where she took the veil.
Henry wanted to marry Hatheburg because of "her beauty and the usefulness of her inherited wealth". Hatheburg and Henry married in 906, and Henry gained control of Hathburg's inheritance. Because Hatheburg had taken the veil, and the couple married without dispensation, their marriage was condemned by Bishop Sigismund of Halberstadt. Conrad I of Germany ensured that the sentence of excommunication was deferred, and the couple remained married. Yet by 909, Henry began to desire Matilda of Ringelheim. He declared his marriage to Hatheburg has been unlawful, due to her prior vows as a nun, and the couple separated. Hatheburg returned to the convent, where she became Abbess of Hersfeld, and Henry married Matilda.
Her parents were : Erwin of Merseburg - Count in the Hassegau and in the Gau Friesenfeld (c840 – 906) and Wendilgarde of Lahngau. (Wendilgarde's sister, Hildegard, was married to Count Thietmar of Merseburg ( -932).
Hatheburg was married around 890, for the first time, to a man whose name is not known. She was widowed shortly afterwards, and entered a monastery where she took the veil.
Henry wanted to marry Hatheburg because of "her beauty and the usefulness of her inherited wealth". Hatheburg and Henry married in 906, and Henry gained control of Hathburg's inheritance. Because Hatheburg had taken the veil, and the couple married without dispensation, their marriage was condemned by Bishop Sigismund of Halberstadt. Conrad I of Germany ensured that the sentence of excommunication was deferred, and the couple remained married. Yet by 909, Henry began to desire Matilda of Ringelheim. He declared his marriage to Hatheburg has been unlawful, due to her prior vows as a nun, and the couple separated. Hatheburg returned to the convent, where she became Abbess of Hersfeld, and Henry married Matilda.
Queen Consort of Germany; Abbess of Hersfeld. Death date is 21 Jun in a year after 909.
Her parents were : Erwin of Merseburg - Count in the Hassegau and in the Gau Friesenfeld (c840 – 906) and Wendilgarde of Lahngau. (Wendilgarde's sister, Hildegard, was married to Count Thietmar of Merseburg ( -932).
Hatheburg was married around 890, for the first time, to a man whose name is not known. She was widowed shortly afterwards, and entered a monastery where she took the veil.
Henry wanted to marry Hatheburg because of "her beauty and the usefulness of her inherited wealth". Hatheburg and Henry married in 906, and Henry gained control of Hathburg's inheritance. Because Hatheburg had taken the veil, and the couple married without dispensation, their marriage was condemned by Bishop Sigismund of Halberstadt. Conrad I of Germany ensured that the sentence of excommunication was deferred, and the couple remained married. Yet by 909, Henry began to desire Matilda of Ringelheim. He declared his marriage to Hatheburg has been unlawful, due to her prior vows as a nun, and the couple separated. Hatheburg returned to the convent, where she became Abbess of Hersfeld, and Henry married Matilda.
Her parents were : Erwin of Merseburg - Count in the Hassegau and in the Gau Friesenfeld (c840 – 906) and Wendilgarde of Lahngau. (Wendilgarde's sister, Hildegard, was married to Count Thietmar of Merseburg ( -932).
Hatheburg was married around 890, for the first time, to a man whose name is not known. She was widowed shortly afterwards, and entered a monastery where she took the veil.
Henry wanted to marry Hatheburg because of "her beauty and the usefulness of her inherited wealth". Hatheburg and Henry married in 906, and Henry gained control of Hathburg's inheritance. Because Hatheburg had taken the veil, and the couple married without dispensation, their marriage was condemned by Bishop Sigismund of Halberstadt. Conrad I of Germany ensured that the sentence of excommunication was deferred, and the couple remained married. Yet by 909, Henry began to desire Matilda of Ringelheim. He declared his marriage to Hatheburg has been unlawful, due to her prior vows as a nun, and the couple separated. Hatheburg returned to the convent, where she became Abbess of Hersfeld, and Henry married Matilda.
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