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Neukloster Abbey was a Cistercian abbey in Wiener Neustadt, in Lower Austria. In 1881, it became a priory of Heiligenkreuz Abbey.
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Interior of the abbey church
Eleanor of Portugal was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. A Portuguese infanta, daughter of King Edward of Portugal and Eleanor of Aragon, she was the consort of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III and t
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…In 1446, a large carved altar was erected in the abbey church, which is now the Wiener Neustädter Altar in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. In 1467, Eleonor of Portugal, the wife of Emperor Frederick, was buried in the apse of the abbey church. Three children of the imperial couple are also buried there. But the burial…
Portrait, probably by Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Frederick III and Eleanor of Portugal
Eneias Silvio Piccolomini (the future Pope Pius II) celebrating the marriage between Frederick III and Eleanor