Background
Sophie was a daughter of Count Herman I of Winzenburg and his first wife, who was a Countess of Everstein.
Sophie was a daughter of Count Herman I of Winzenburg and his first wife, who was a Countess of Everstein.
She donated an oxgang of farmland near Wellen to the monastery at Leitzkau and later another oxgang near Wolmirsleben. Her sister, Beatrix, was abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey. Sophie and Beatrix both died in 1160.
Some sources suggest that Sophie died on 25 March, other name 6 or 7 July.
She was buried in the church of the monastery in Ballenstedt. The present state of research is that the identity of her father has not been conclusively proven.
She may have belonged to another noble house in which the name Sophie was used. Her portrait is stylized, as was usual in that period.
