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Archduchess of Austria, nun, co-founder of the convent in Hall in Tirol
Archduchess Helena of Austria (1543-1574)
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Archduchess of Austria, nun, co-founder of the convent in Hall in Tirol
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Female
Place of birth
Vienna
Place of death
Hall in Tirol
Family
Mother:
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
Father:
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
Siblings:
Maximilian II
Holy Roman Emperor
Charles II
Archduke of Austria
Ferdinand II
Archduke of Austria
John of Habsburg
Archduchess Magdalena of Austria
Archduchess Anna of Austria
Elizabeth of Austria
Catherine of Austria
Queen of Poland
Archduchess Barbara of Austria
Archduchess Maria of Austria
Archduchess Eleanor of Austria
Joanna of Austria
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Margaret of Austria
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Biography
Archduchess Helena of Austria (German: Helena von Österreich-Habsburg) (January 7, 1543 in Vienna – March 5, 1574 in Hall in Tirol), was a member of the House of Habsburg, and co-founder of the convent in Hall in Tirol.
She was the tenth (but ninth surviving) daughter of fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife Anne of Bohemia and Hungary.
Life
Helena had a strict jesuit catholic upbringing. Due to her frail constitution, her father considered her unfit for marriage and instead choose for her the monastic life. Jointly with her sisters Magdalena and Margaret she founded the Haller Damenstift in Hall in Tirol.
She died aged 31 at Hall in Tirol convent and was buried in the local Jesuitenkirche.
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