Uta of Schauenburg

Uta of Schauenburg was sovereign countess of Schauenburg from 1151 to 1197. She was the daughter of Godfrey of Calw (Gottfried von Calw) and was one of the richest heiresses in Germany. 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. She was the founder of All Saints' Abbey in Baden-Württemberg. Notes Swabian nobility 12th-century women rulers 12th-century German nobility 12th-century German women 1110s births 1190s deaths