Ursula of Munsterberg (german: Ursula von Münsterberg; cs, Uršula z Minstrberka, Voršila Minstrberská, kněžna a Kladská hraběnka; c. 1491/95 or 1499,Cf. Siegismund Justus Ehrhardt: ''Abhandlung vom verderbten Religions-Zustand in Schlesien''. Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Breslau 1778, S. 197
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; Similar to Roman von Procházka: ''Genealogisches Handbuch erloschener böhmischer Herrenstandsfamilien'', Bd. I. Degener & Co., Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, S. 201. presumably in Teschen - after 2 February 1534, presumably in Stift

Gernrode Gernrode () is a historic town and former municipality in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2014, it has been part of Quedlinburg.Liegnitz Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 ...

) was a German nun and writer, known for her role during the reformation.

Life

She was a daughter of

Victor, Duke of Münsterberg Victor, Duke of Münsterberg also: ''Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava''; cz, Viktorin z Minsterberka; (29 May 1443 in Cieszyn – 30 August 1500 in Cieszyn) was an Imperial Count from 1459 and Count of Kladsko. From 1462 until his death, h ...

, and a granddaughter of

George of Poděbrady George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad ( cs, Jiří z Poděbrad; german: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the ...

king of Bohemia The Duchy of Bohemia was established in 870 and raised to the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1198. Several Bohemian monarchs ruled as non-hereditary kings beforehand, first gaining the title in 1085. From 1004 to 1806, Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman ...

. She came from the Crownlands of the Bohemian Kingdom, which is now the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. She became a nun in the

Order of St Mary Magdalene The Order of St Mary Magdalene (Latin: Ordo Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae de poenitentia or OSMM) is a Roman Catholic religious order for women, named after Mary Magdalene. Its members are known in German as Magdalenerinnen or Büßerinnen or in Latin ...

. She famously left the convent during the reformation. She became a known Protestant writer.

References

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