Elburg van Boetzelaer (1506–1568) was the Abbess of the

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from 1553 until 1568. She played an important part within the local

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by her reform work of Rijnsburg Abbey and her charity work, and also played a role as a patron of contemporary Dutch Renaissance art.

References

* Kees Kuiken, Boetzelaer, Elburg van (den), in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/ElburgvanBoetzelaer 3/01/2014 1506 births 1568 deaths Roman Catholic abbesses Nuns from the Habsburg Netherlands {{Netherlands-reli-bio-stub