Helena Antonia

Helena Antonia (1550–1595) was a bearded female court dwarf of Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress and was a favorite of Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain,[1] and also a lady-in-waiting for Constance of Austria, Queen of Poland. She was born in Liège.[2][3][4]

Portrait of Helena Antonia of Liège
Helena Antonia and other courtier women

References
  1. Peterkin, Allan (2001). One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair. Arsenal pulp press. p. 101. ISBN 1551521075
  2. Ulmus, Marcus Antonius. Physiologia barbae humanae, p. 307 (1603)
  3. Reynolds, Reginald. Beards: Their Social Standing, Religious Involvements, Decorative Possibilities, and Value Offence and Defence Through the Ages, p. 291 (1950) ("Ulmus [has] useful information, showing the royal patronage often offered to bearded ladies.... and the bearded Helena Antonia, according to Ulmus (p. 307) was a special favourite of Margarita of Austria, later Queen of Spain.")
  4. Souvenir Print of Helena Antonia, Bearded Lady at the Court of the Archduchess of Austria, Maria of Spain, waddesdon.org.uk, Retrieved 10 September 2013
  • Polska. Dzieje cywilizacji i narodu - Rzeczpospolita szlachecka, s. 17
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