Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Margarete of Saxony | |
|---|---|
Anna Francis | |
| Father | Ernest, Elector of Saxony |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Bavaria |
Margarete of Saxony (born 4 August 1469 in
Brunswick-Lüneburg
.
Life
Margarete was a daughter of the Elector
Frederick the Wise and John the Steadfast were Electors of Saxony; her sister Christina
was Queen of Denmark.
Margarete married on 27 February 1487 in
district and castle of Celle had been promised to Margarete as her wittum
.
Margarete died in 1528 and was buried in the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Weimar.
Issue
- Anna (born: 1492; died young)
- Elisabeth (1494–1572), married in 1518 Duke Charles II of Guelders (1467–1538)
- Otto I(1495–1549), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg married in 1525 Meta of Campe (died: 1580)
- Ernest I the Confessor(1497–1546), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, married in 1528 Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg (1508–1541)
- Apollonia (1499–1571), nun
- Barnim IXof Pomerania (1501–1573)
- Francis (1508–1549), Duke of Brunswick-Gifhorn, married in 1547 princess Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg (1518–1576)
References
- Martina Schattkowsky: Witwenschaft in der frühen Neuzeit, Universitätsverlag Leipzig, 2003, p. 171 ff (Online)
- Horst Masuch: Das Schloss in Celle, A. Lax, 1983
- Ingetraut Ludolphy: Friedrich der Weise: Kurfürst von Sachsen 1463- 1525, Vandenhoeck und Rupprecht, Göttingen, 1984