Career

Five children came out of the marriage but by age 31 she became a widow. She was remarried two years later to the Archduke Albert VI of Austria. After he died in 1463, she retired to her court at Rottenburg am Neckar.

This court became a center of flourishing literary culture up until her death.

Some of the literary artists who she supported showed their appreciation for her through the dedication of literary works. Hermann of Sachsenheim dedicated his tale, Die Mörin to her.

In addition to this, after their initial meeting in 1460, Niklas van Wyle dedicated 4 of his translations to her. Amongst many things, she was also known as a bibliophile.

Jakob Püterich von Reichertshausen wrote a poem for her called Letter of Honor.

In the poem, he lists and compares all the books that he and she had collected in their individual libraries. She had sent him a list of 94 of her books in advance of this poems creation for his use. Many of those in her possession, he had not even heard of before.

She later co-founded the humanistic University of Tübingen in 1477.

She died on August 22nd, 1482 and was buried at the Charterhouse of Güterstein.