Her sister Hedwig of Andechs married Henry I, duke of Silesia and was canonized as Saint Hedwig in 1267.

Through her sister Gertrude, she was the aunt of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary.

* His sister, Saint Florentina, served God as a nun and allegedly ruled over forty convents and one thousand consecrated religious.

While visiting Davis ' oldest sister near Saint Francisville, Louisiana, both newlyweds contracted malaria.

The characteristics they shared with many Merovingian female saints may be mentioned: Regenulfa of Incourt, a 7th-century virgin in French-speaking Brabant of the ancestral line of the dukes of Brabant fled from a proposal of marriage to live isolated in the forest, where a curative spring sprang forth at her touch ; Ermelindis of Meldert, a 6th-century virgin related to Pepin I, inhabited several isolated villas ; Begga of Andenne, the mother of Pepin II, founded seven churches in Andenne during her widowhood ; the purely legendary " Oda of Amay " was drawn into the Carolingian line by spurious genealogy in her 13th-century vita, which made her the mother of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, but she has been identified with the historical Saint Chrodoara ; finally, the widely-venerated Gertrude of Nivelles, sister of Begga in the Carolingian ancestry, was abbess of a nunnery established by her mother.

By the end of 1070, Malcolm had married Edgar's sister Margaret of Wessex, the future Saint Margaret of Scotland.

A few days after Agnes ' death, her foster-sister, Saint Emerentiana was found praying by her tomb ; she claimed to be the daughter of Agnes ' wet nurse, and was stoned to death after refusing to leave the place and reprimanding the pagans for killing her foster sister.

Terry meets and is smitten by the murdered Joey Doyle's sister, Edie ( Eva Marie Saint ), who has shamed " waterfront priest " Father Barry ( Karl Malden ) into fomenting action against the mob-controlled union.

In 1881, Alexandra and Albert Edward travelled to Saint Petersburg after the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, both to represent Britain and so that Alexandra could provide comfort to her sister, who was now the Tsarina.

Olybrius also restored at his expenses the nearby church of Saint Euphemia, a famous church, which had been chosen by Pulcheria, sister of Theodosius II, for the Council of Chalcedon in 451: this choice was a sign of the bond between Olybrius, a Roman senator, with the imperial House of Theodosius.

In Mexico, he married Beatriz de Estrada, called the Saint ( la Santa ), sister of Leonor de Estrada, ancestor of the de Alvarado family and daughter of Treasurer and Governor Alonso de Estrada y Hidalgo, Lord of Picón, and wife Marina Flores Gutiérrez de la Caballería, from a converso Jewish family .< ref >

At the age of nine, calling himself un petit Huguenot, he refused to attend Mass, sang Protestant psalms to his sister Margaret ( exhorting her all the while to change her religion and cast her Book of Hours into the fire ), and even bit the nose off a statue of Saint Paul.

Childbert was also one of the more religious of the sons of Clovis, cooperating with his brothers, rescuing his sister, and constructing the famous monastery of Saint Vincent to house his relics.

The city is pursuing a sister city relationship with West Saint Paul, MB ( Canada ).

He also receives a letter from his sister and mother, speaking of their coming visit to Saint Petersburg, and his sister's sudden marriage plans which they plan on discussing upon their arrival.

The church primarily uses the liturgy of Saint James, as does its sister church, the Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch.

In Tamworth church in 926, a sister of King Æthelstan, perhaps Saint Edith of Polesworth, was married to Sitric Cáech, the squint-eyed Norse King of York and Dublin. Tamworth Castle

With the help of its sister city Bodenwerder, the birthplace of the Baron, the club amassed a number of " historical proofs " of presence of the Baron in Königsberg: an ancient silver thaler " returned " to Kaliningrad by Bodenwerder's mayor as a debt for a mug of beer drunk by Münchhausen, Order of Saint Anna issued to the Baron by Paul I of Russia for his " faultless service ", and the skeleton of the whale in whose belly the Baron was entrapped for a while.

Owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., WTTW is sister to classical music radio station WFMT ( 98. 7 FM ) and both stations share studios located on North Saint Louis Avenue in the city's North Park neighborhood.

She died in her sleep of natural causes on February 27, 1993, at the age of 99 and is interred beside her sister Dorothy at Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in New York City.

Her sister, Isabelle de Saint Pol, married Margaret's uncle Charles de Maine of Anjou while Jacquetta was the widow of Henry VI's uncle.

To legitimize his position, Ottokar married the late Duke Frederick II's sister Margaret, who was his senior by thirty years and the widow of Henry of Hohenstaufen ( who, ironically, had been engaged to Ottokar's aunt Saint Agnes of Bohemia prior to marrying Margaret ).

She was named Victoria after Queen Victoria ; Patricia, after Saint Patrick, the saint of her birthday ; and Helena, in honour of her father's sister.

Born in Venice, he was the son of a sister of Saint Stephen, the first King of Hungary ; his father was Ottone Orseolo, the Doge of Venice.

* Saint Herlindis, abbess and saint ( d. 745 )

* Saint Athanasia of Aegina ( 9th century ), abbess and saint

(; ) ( 1098 – 17 September 1179 ), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath.

The first abbess was Mathilde, granddaughter of Henry and Saint Mathilde.

* Mechtildis, Saint, abbess

* Saint Laura, martyred Spanish abbess

* March 17 – Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess

* Saint Begga, daughter of Pepin of Landen and mother of Pepin of Heristal, founded a convent in Andenne of which she was the first abbess.

* Saint Cuthfleda, was the abbess of the nunnery at Leominster and the patroness of the region.

It is dedicated to St Ethelburga, a 7th century abbess of Barking ; she was the sister of Saint Erkenwald, a Bishop of London.

Saint Frithuswith ( c. 65019 October 727 ; ; also known as Frideswide, Frideswith, Fritheswithe, Frevisse, or simply Fris ) was an English princess and abbess who is credited with establishing Christ Church in Oxford.

They had two sons, Ecgberht and Hlothhere, who each consecutively became king of Kent, and two daughters who both were eventually canonized: Saint Eorcengota became a nun at Faremoutiers Abbey on the continent, and Saint Ermenilda became abbess at Ely.

Raised in a convent in Warwickshire under the direction of Saint Modwen her ambition was to become an abbess, but she was too important as a dynastic pawn to be set aside.

She later became abbess of a nunnery at Restalrig, now part of Edinburgh, and was in due course canonised as Saint Tredwell.

* Saint Clare of the Cross or Clare of Montefalco, 13th-century Italian abbess

Saint Edith became the chief patron of Wilton, and is sometimes said to have been abbess.

The children's subsequent public careers reflect their distinguished origin: Leander and Isidore both became bishops of Seville, and their sister Saint Florentina was an abbess who directed forty convents and one thousand nuns.

* Saint Bertha of Val d ' Or ( d. c. 690 ), abbess

* Saint Bertha of Artois ( mid 7th century-July 4, 725 ), abbess, daughter of Count Rigobert and Ursana

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles ( 626 – March 17, 659 ) was abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Nivelles, in present-day Belgium.

Since the 6th century, monks and nuns following the Rule of Saint Benedict have been making the so-called Benedictine vow at their public profession of obedience ( placing oneself under the direction of the abbot / abbess or prior / prioress ), stability ( committing oneself to a particular monastery ), and " conversion of manners " ( which includes forgoing private ownership and celibate chastity ).

Saint Cyra ( also Chera, Crea, and Cere filia Duibhrea ) was an early Irish abbess.