bˈɔːɹn ɐbˌaʊt wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi æt ðə kˈæsəl ʌv lˈændsbɜːɡ, ðə sˈiːt əvə nˈoʊbəl ælsˈeɪʃən fˈæmɪli, ʃiː ˈɛntɚd hˈoʊhənbˌɜːɡ ˈæbi ɪnðə vˈɑːsdʒᵻz mˈaʊntɪnz, ɐbˌaʊt fˈɪftiːn mˈaɪlz fɹʌm stɹˈæsbɜːɡ, æɾ ɐn ˈɜːli ˈeɪdʒ.
Born about 1130 at the castle of Landsberg, the seat of a noble Alsatian family, she entered Hohenburg Abbey in the Vosges mountains, about fifteen miles from Strasbourg, at an early age.