Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Poland
Matilda of Brandenburg (
She was the second daughter of
Life
Family
Matilda had six siblings, three brothers and three sisters. Two of her brothers, Albert and Otto, died young and the eldest, Herman, inherited the whole paternal domains. Matilda's older sister Beatrice married Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Świdnica in 1284. The other two sisters are Kunigunde, who died unmarried, and Judith, who married Rudolph I, Duke of Saxe-Wittemberg in 1303.
The marriage of Matilda's sister into the
Marriage
By 1287/1288
As the couple were relatives, they needed a
On 23 June 1290 Henry IV died unexpectedly, probably poisoned. Soon after, Matilda returned to
References
- ^ K. Jasinski, Rodowód Piastów śląskich, Second Edition, Kraków 2007, part. I, p. 162, note. 17.
- ^ K. Jasinski, Rodowód Piastów śląskich, Second Edition, Kraków 2007, part. I, p. 160.
- ^ K. Jasiński, Rodowód Piastów śląskich, Second Edition, Kraków 2007, part III, pp. 542-543, note 3.
- ^ R. Grodecki, Dzieje polityczne Śląska do r. 1290, [in:] Historia Śląska od najdawniejszych czasów do roku 1400, ed. by S. Kutrzeba, vol. I, Kraków 1933, pp. 293–294; K. Jasiński, Rodowód Piastów śląskich, Second Edition, Kraków 2007, part III, pp. 524–526.
- ^ Ewa Maleczyńska, Wrocławskie panie piastowskie i ich partnerzy, Wrocław 1966, p. 79.
Bibliography
- K. Jasinski, Rodowód Piastów śląskich, Second Edition, Kraków 2007, part I, pp. 160–162.
- M. Spórna and P. Wierzbicki, Słownik władców Polski i pretendentów do tronu polskiego, Kraków 2003, pp. 335–336.