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Margareta Austria Edit Profile

Archduchess Margaret of Austria, was a German princess member of the House of Habsburg.

Background

She was the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor by his wife Maria of Spain.

Career

Margaret finally refused and took the veil under the name of Sister Margaret of the Cross as a Poor Clare nun in the Monastery of Santa Clara de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid, where she died aged sixty-six. Margaret was buried in her convent.