Daughter of an Austrian innkeeper, who cut off and sold her beautiful golden hair to help her lover repay his employers for a box he was accused of stealing.

 "...as fresh and fair and rounded as a Hebe ... a blonde, peach-like skin, large, limpid light-blue eyes, and an enormous wealth of fair hair. This hair was splendid from its silken quality and great quantity ...fell down straight to her knees in a silken mass"