Margaret of Thuringia
Electress consort of Brandenburg from 1486 to 1499
- Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
- Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg and Mainz
- Anna of Brandenburg
- Ursula, Duchess of Mecklenburg
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
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
- ^ Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Kurfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohhenzollern, Berlin, 1867
Margaret of Thuringia Born: 1449 Died: 13 July 1501 | ||
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Preceded by | Electress consort of Brandenburg 11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499 | Vacant Title next held by Elizabeth of Denmark |
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The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.
- Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg
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- Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain1
- Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria1
- Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France1
- Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont1
- Princess Maria Elisabeth1
- Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen1
- Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken
- Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan
- Princess Maria Augusta
- Princess Amalie
- Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
- Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain
- Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa
- Anna, Grand Princess of Tuscany
- Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria
- Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria
- Princess Mathilde
- Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto of Austria
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- 1 królewna of Poland and Lithuania