Philippine Welser
Encyclopedia
Philippine Welser was the morganatic wife of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
. Her family, the Welser
s of Augsburg, were merchants and financiers of European significance and great wealth.
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Further Austria was ruler of Further Austria including Tirol.-Life account:...
. Her family, the Welser
Welser
Welser is the surname of an important German banking and merchant family, originally from Augsburg. Along with the Fugger family, the Welser family controlled various sectors of the European economy, and accumulated enormous wealth through trade and the German colonization of the...
s of Augsburg, were merchants and financiers of European significance and great wealth.
Works
- De re coquinaria (cookbook), handwriting ca. 1545, Castle Ambras near InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
. Inv.No. PA 1473 - Cook- and medicinebook. handwriting ca. 1545, Castle Ambras near InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
. Inv.No. PA 1474
Literature
- Sigrid-Maria Größing: Kaufmannstochter im Kaiserhaus. Philippine Welser und ihre Heilkunst, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
: 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
External links
- University of Hamburg (german)
- Die Heilkunst der Philippine Welser (german) (The medical science of Philippine Welser)