Mistress Sidonia Direct
1583, Prague, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic)
1550, Roštín, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic)
Mistress Sidonia, born Sidonia von Borek in 1550, was a noblewoman from Moravia, a region in what is now the Czech Republic. She was a member of the von Borek family, a prominent noble family in Moravia. Sidonia's life took a dramatic turn when she was appointed as a lady-in-waiting to Emperor Rudolf II's sister, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria, at the royal court in Prague.
Noblewoman, alleged witch, and lady-in-waiting