Margaret of Thuringia
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| Margaret of Thuringia | |
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 Margaret of Thuringia with her husband, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg | |
| Electress consort of Brandenburg | |
| Tenure | 11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499 |
| Born | 1449 Weimar |
| Died | 13 July 1501 Spandau |
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| House | Wettin |
| Father | William III, Landgrave of Thuringia |
| Mother | Anne of Austria, suo jure Duchess of Luxembourg |
Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.[1]
She was the daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and Anne of Austria, Duchess of Luxembourg suo jure.
Family and children
[edit]On 15 August 1476, in Berlin, she married John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. They had the following children:
- Wolfgang, born and died 1482.
- Joachim I Nestor (21 February 1484–11 July 1535), Elector Brandenburg.
- Elisabeth, born and died 1486.
- Albert (1490, Berlin–24 September 1545, Mainz), Cardinal since 1518, Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513-14, Archbishop of Mainz in 1514-45.
- Anna (27 August 1487, Berlin–3 May 1514, Kiel), married 10 April 1502 to the future King Frederick I of Denmark (she was never queen consort, since she died before her husband's accession).
- Ursula (17 October 1488–18 September 1510, Güstrow), married 16 February 1507 to Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.
References
[edit]- ^ Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Kurfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohhenzollern, Berlin, 1867
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