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Philippine Welser (1527 – 24 April 1580) was the morganatic wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria. She was granted the titles Baroness of Zinnenburg, Margravine of Burgau, Landgravine of Mellenburg and Countess of Oberhohenberg and Niederhohenberg.
A riveting story: From merchant's daughter to popular duchess, Philippine Welser's secret love and life with Archduke Ferdinand II. in Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria.
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15 de jun. de 2021 · Philippine Welser's is a singular story: the morganatic wife of the governor of Tyrol, Ferdinand II of Habsburg, she received as a gift from him the Castle of Ambras and... was the first woman to write a cookbook in the German area.
Philippine Welser (* 1527 in Augsburg; † 24. April 1580 auf Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck in Tirol) war eine Augsburger Patriziertochter und die Ehefrau von Erzherzog Ferdinand II. von Habsburg, Landesfürst von Tirol .
Philippine Welser (1527–1580), famed for both her learning and her beauty, was married to Archduke Ferdinand, Emperor Ferdinand I's son. Claiming descent from the Byzantine general Belisarius, the family is known since the 13th century.
Philippine Welser (1527–1580), the lady of Ambras Castle, was an outstanding woman in Tyrolean history. Archduke Ferdinand II presumably became acquainted with her in Bo-hemia, where the wedding took place secretly in 1557 — as the daughter of an Augsburg patrician it was a morganatic marriage.
In our day it is no longer a great sensation when royal princes marry into the untitled ranks. This was very different 450 years ago, when Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria (1529–1595) married Philippine Welser (1527–1580) from Augsburg.
