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Uta von Ballenstedt

c. 1000–1046 · 11th century · Also known as Uta of Naumburg

Uta von Ballenstedt was a Saxon noblewoman, the wife of Margrave Ekkehard II of Meissen. Her statue by the Naumburg Master in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral, carved about two centuries after her death, became one of the most celebrated figures of medieval German art.

Uta von Ballenstedt
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Prince-Bishopric of Naumburg

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