Archduchess Eleonore of Austria (1582–1620)
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| Archduchess Eleonore of Austria | ||
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| Archduchess of Austria | ||
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| Archduchess Eleonore by Frans Pourbus the Younger. | ||
| Born | 25 September 1582 Graz, Austria | |
| Died | 28 January 1620 (aged 38) Hall in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria | |
| Spouse | never married | |
| Issue | no issue | |
| House | Habsburgs of Austria | |
| Father | Karl II, Archduke of Austria | |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Bavaria | |
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Archduchess Eleonore of Austria (25 September 1582 – 28 January 1620), was an Austrian archduchess of Austria by birth as a daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria, the son of Emperor Ferdinand I; and of Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her elder brother Archduke Ferdinand succeeded as Holy Roman Emperor in 1619. A sister of the future Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and the Grand Duchess Maria Maddalena of Tuscany (mother of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany) and Queen Margarita of Spain (mother of Philip IV of Spain) She never married and had no known issue despite being a potential bride for Philip III of Spain. She became a nun dying in Hall in Tirol in Tyrol, Austria.