Walburga, Saint, d. c.779, English missionary in Germany; sister of St. Willibald. She went there to assist St. Boniface, settling at Heidenheim, near Eichstätt (NW of Ingolstadt), where another brother, Winnebald (or Wynbald), had an abbey. St. Walburga's convent became a principal center of civilization in Germany and an important shrine. Other forms of her name are Walpurgis, Walpurga, and Vaubourg. Feast: Feb. 25. Walpurgisnacht, the traditional German witches' sabbath held in the Harz mountains, is named after her for unknown reasons. It is held on the eve of one of her feasts, May 1. There is a famous Walpurgisnacht scene in Goethe's Faust.

Walburga Ehrengarde Helena, Lady Paget (née Hohenthal; 1839 - 1929) was born in Berlin, Germany and was a diarist, writer and an intimate friend of Queen Victoria. The daughter of Charles Frederic Anthony, Count von Hohenthal, Paget married Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget (1823-1896), British ambassador to Copenhagen in 1860 and later British Ambassador in Rome and Vienna. Lady Paget before her marriage had been a lady-in-waiting to the newly married Prussian Crown Princess. After her husband's posting to Copenhagen, Paget was instrumental in helping Queen Victoria to arrange the marriage of the Prince of Wales, Edward VII, to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The Pagets had three children; William Frederick Augustus Paget (1861 - 1927), Alberta Victoria Sarah Caroline Paget (1863 - 1944), and Ralph Spencer Paget (1864 - 1940).

Paget died of burns after falling asleep by the fire at her home Unlawater House, Newnham on Severn, England, at the age of 90.

Her published works, mostly memoirs based on her life and experiences, include:

• "Colloquis with an unseen friend". 1907
• "Embassies of Other Days". 1923
• "In My Tower". 1924
• "The Linings of Life". 1929

Notes

References

• Packard, Jerrold M. Victoria's Daughters (St Martin's Griffin, New York, 1998) ISBN 0-312-24496-7

Time Magazine. Oct. 21, 1929.

• Memoir