Adelaide I, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Adelaide I
Tombstone
Princess-abbess of Quedlinburg
Reign999 – 14 January 1044 or 1045
PredecessorMatilda
SuccessorBeatrice I
Born973/74
Died14 January 1044 or 1045
Quedlinburg Abbey
Burial
DynastyOttonian
FatherOtto II, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherTheophanu
ReligionRoman Catholic

Adelaide I (German: Adelheid; 973/74 14 January 1044 or 1045), a member of the royal Ottonian dynasty was the second Princess-abbess of Quedlinburg from 999, and Abbess of Gernrode from 1014, and Abbess of Gandersheim from 1039 until her death, as well as a highly influential kingmaker of medieval Germany.