Eleonore of Austria
Item
Author
Eleonore of Austria
Location
Stams, Austria
Dates
1433-1480
Biography
Eleanor of Austria (also known as Eleanore of Scotland) was one of six daughters of James I. She was brought up on Scotland and France and, after her marriage to Sigmund of Tyrol, moved to the court of Innsbruck, which she helped develop into one of the major cultural centers of the German-speaking world. Her place in literary history is based on her alleged authorship of Ponthus and Sidonia, a German translation of the anonymous French romance Ponthus et la belle Sidoyne [Source: Katharina M. Wilson, An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers, Volume 1]
Works
Pontus und Sidonia (German translation of the French prose romance Ponthus et la belle Sidoyne)
Languages
German
Genres
Romance
Editions and Translations
Pontus und Sidonia. Edited by H. Kindermann. Volksbucher vom sterbenden Rittertun, 1928, 115-236.
