Philippine Welser

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Philippine Welser, Portrait on Castle Ambras
Philippine Welser, Portrait on Castle Ambras

Philippine Welser (* 1527 in Augsburg, † April 24, 1580 on Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck in Tyrol) was an Augsburgian patrician daughter and the wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria.

[edit] Works

  • De re coquinaria (cookbook), handwriting ca. 1545, Castle Ambras near Innsbruck. Inv.No. PA 1473
  • Cook- and medicinebook. handwriting ca. 1545, Castle Ambras near Innsbruck. Inv.No. PA 1474

[edit] Literature

  • Sigrid-Maria Größing: Kaufmannstochter im Kaiserhaus. Philippine Welser und ihre Heilkunst, Vienna: Kremayr und Scheriau, 1992, 254 Pages, ISBN 3-218-00531-0
  • Sigrid-Maria Größing: Die Heilkunst der Philippine Welser. Außenseiterin im Hause Habsburg. Augsburg: Sankt-Ulrich-Verlag, 1998, 160 Pages, ISBN 3-929246-28-7
  • Karl Beer: Philippine Welser als Freundin der Heilkunst. In: Gesnerus 7 (1950) 80-86

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