was a beautiful young woman with blue eyes, dark hair and white skin. She had many suitors, it was a great party, but rejected in a year 28 and he wanted to find, for husband, a gentleman in every sense of the word.
Archduke of Tyrol, Fernando, second son of the kings of Bohemia, Anne of Jagiello and Ferdinand I of Habsburg, was also cautious in choosing his future wife. The young couple refused opportunities ladies of the nobility of France and Portugal, including Mary Stuart ... Until he met Philippine Welser.
occurred in Augsburg during the visit the Emperor Charles V, the uncle of Fernando. The sovereign, accompanied by his brother, the Czech King Ferdinand I, and his nephew the Archduke Ferdinand, was received with full honors at the House of Welser, who offered to That is why a great feast.
But now the eyes of the young Fernando could not depart from Philippine, who also was indifferent. During the rest of the evening, Ferdinand sought at all times, the opportunity to approach her.
The next day, the father of Philippine, insightful man, who did not go unnoticed for mutual sympathy of young people, decided to send his daughter away, to protect a forbidden love in those days, from the standpoint of social and political. Philippine Welser
Thus, their early twenties, was taken to Castle Breznice in South Bohemia, where he lived the sister of his mother, Katerina Loksanská. While this building was far from Augsburg, was found near the court of Ferdinand. The life of the castle was very active socially, and now frequented the young Archduke of Tirol.
In Spring 1557, ten years after the Philippine Fernando and met for the first time, was held in the forests around Breznice, an exhausting hunt, after which there was a great celebration ... In the evening, hosts, guests and servants, went to bed exhausted ... However, the main cook, Margarita, suffered from insomnia. In the morning, heard a knock on the door and went to investigate brokers. On a staircase, he saw a female figure dressed in white, who mistook him for a ghost, scared and fled to her room.
not had time to see that the lady in white, was followed by a male figure, and five other people. All went, silently, to the castle chapel where the marriage between Ferdinand of Tyrol secret and Philippine Welser. Everything had been carefully prepared.
At the end of the ceremony, the priest said a few unusual words: - "I urge those present to confirm with a solemn oath, here, before the altar of God, not revealed to anyone, even under threat, HH Real, Prince Ferdinand, has taken to wife Philippine Welser. " Then had it signed by witnesses, a letter which stated her presence, and until his death kept secret the event.
A year later, on June 15, 1558, an hour before midnight, the first child born to the couple. The birth was assisted by Andrea Mattioli, since 1555 private medical Fernando, in Prague, and author of a famous herbarium with 60 editions in different languages. He also had to swear never say anything to anyone.
When next day the doorman Breznice Castle, opened the door, he saw a baby wrapped up humbly, and carried Philippine ..., who offered to give shelter to the "abandoned child" ... He named Andreas, and in the same way adopted November 22, 1560, Carlos.
But the time came that she could only Philippine your situation, and decided to use a hearing offered by the Emperor, during which the subjects they wanted, they could express any appeal. Dressed in mourning
regal, and with his eldest son in his arms, Philippine begged the grace to stay away a little courtiers to make a delicate confidence ... Then the emperor asked forgiveness first, and then said that her husband was source noble, and she was a bourgeois, and therefore feared her husband announce his marriage to his family.
Emperor, suspecting nothing, gallantly declared that no parent could be as severe as for the beauty of her daughter did not soften his heart, and not spare the child the unequal marriage. Philippine gave many thanks and revealed he was her husband.
was evident to the distant observer, the surprise of the emperor, it was his own nephew ... Privately immediately called Fernando, who upon arriving knelt contrite, apologizing to his royal uncle, clutching Philippine and son.
The Emperor was then removed, very seriously, silently ..., had staked his authority, his brother, the social order, politics, Probate line to the throne ..., and later sent a written decision.
recognized that marriage for love ... but it should remain secret forever ... He removed to Fernando and his descendants the right of succession to the throne, Czech, Hungarian, unless the entire race haugsburga extinguished. They claimed an income of 30 thousand pieces of gold a year and exempted from tax.
The couple moved to live in the castle Krivoklat, and had two more children, twins Philip and Mary. In 1564 came the throne, Emperor Maximilian II, who sent Fernando moved Ambras Castle near Innsbruck.
After Maximilian's death, his son was crowned Emperor Rudolph II in 1576. That year, the firstborn of Philippine and Fernando, Andreas, fulfilled the conditions for the time, allowed him access to the dignity of Cardinal, but obscure origin course, prevented him ... brought the case to the Pope, this exempted Fernando Philippine and the oath of silence, and his marriage, finally, could be publicly recognized and were able to present their children as legitimate.
As a curiosity, at the inauguration of the new Cardinal attended as page 12, the future traveler Harant great Czech composer of Polžice ...
Philippine
Fernando and lived happily in his castle of Ambras (Tirol), until the death of his wife in 1580, four years later recognition age of the marriage blessed by God for so many years. Andrea Fajkusová
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