Oda of Meinersen
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Gernrode Abbey
Oda of Meinersen | |
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 Seal of Abbess Oda of Gernrode | |
| Abbess of Gernrode | |
| Reign | 1248 – 1260 |
| Predecessor | Ermengarde I of Gernrode |
| Successor | Gertrude I of Gernrode |
| Died | c.1260 Gernrode Abbey |
Oda of Meinersen (b. before 1228; d. c.1260) was the abbess of Gernrode (r.1248-1260).
Oda was a member of a noble dynasty from Lower Saxony, the Meinersen. Oda's parents are unknown,[1] but her brother, Burchard, was the vicedominus of the bishops of Halberstadt between 1227 and 1269.[2]
Oda is only mentioned in documents issued in 1248 and 1249. She was abbess of Gernrode by 30 June 1248, on which date she is named in a charter issued by Archbishop Wilbrand of Magdeburg, which records the payment of interest to the Apostolic Camera.[3]
A charter issued in 1249 dealt with the settlement of a dispute between Oda and the convent of Gernrode about the sale of two golden tablets. The tablets had been donated to the convent by Henry I of Anhalt. The charter was witnessed by three members of the convent, including the provost, Gertrude I of Anhalt, who was Henry I's daughter, and would succeed Oda as abbess of Gernrode after 1260.[4]
