Case file · Haunting
The White Lady of Rožmberk
Perchta of Rožmberk, who died in 1476 after an unhappy marriage, is said to appear in white in the castles of Český Krumlov, Jindřichův Hradec and even the Vienna Hofburg to foretell deaths.
1476 CE · 48.81, 14.32 · status: legend
The account
Reports of the White Lady spread from the 16th century and she became the best known ghost of Bohemia and the Habsburg court.
The sceptical view
There is no documented sighting from her lifetime; the legend grew from family tradition.