Uta of Schauenburg

Uta of Schauenburg (ca. 1115/1120 – ca. 1197) 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.^[1] 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.^[1]

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