Sidonie of Poděbrady

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Sidonie of Poděbrady
Frederick, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
House	Poděbrady
Father	George of Poděbrady
Mother	Kunigunde of Sternberg

Sidonie of Poděbrady (

.

Early life

Sidonie and Catherine were born on 11 November 1449 to the Bohemian king. The girl's mother, Kunigunde, died from complications of the birth. Sidonie's father eventually remarried; his second wife, Johanna of Rožmitál, bore George more children, including Ludmila of Poděbrady.

Sidonie had four older siblings, but none of her brothers inherited

.

Sidonie's paternal grandparents were Vítek of Poděbrady and his wife Anna of Vartenberk. Her maternal grandparents were Smil of Sternberg and his wife Barbara of Pardubice.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

A marriage contract was signed on 11 November 1459 for Sidonie's marriage to

with Sidonie as Duchess consort.

Sidonie was a

.

In 1495 she founded the religious festival of the Holy Lance, after being freed from a stone disease.

Many of her letters of correspondence have been preserved, in which she pleads for the release of prisoners. On 12 September 1500, Albert died, leaving Sidonie a widow. She withdrew from the Saxon court and spent the rest of her years in Tharandt. On 1 February 1510 she died there. Sidonie was buried at the cathedral of Meissen.

Issue

Sidonie and Albert were married for thirty-six years, during which time they had nine children:

• Sigismund of Austria, and secondly on 1497 to Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg
• Georg "the Bearded" (b. Meissen, 27 August 1471 – d. Dresden, 17 April 1539)
• Heinrich V "der Fromme" (b. Dresden, 16 March 1473 – d. Dresden, 18 August 1541)
• Teutonic Knights
• Anna (b. Dresden, 3 August 1478 – d. Dresden, 1479)
• Stillborn child (1479)
• Louis (b. Torgau, 28 September 1481 – d. Torgau?, some days later / d. Torgau?, young after 1498) [?]
• John (b. and d. Torgau, 24 June 1484)
• John (b. Torgau, 2 December 1498 – d. Torgau?, some days later / d. Torgau?, young in September of the same year as his brother Louis) [?].^[1]

References

Sidonie of Poděbrady Poděbrady Born: 14 November 1449 Died: 1 February 1510
Royal titles
Preceded by Margaret of Austria	Margravine consort of Meissen 7 September 1464 – 12 September 1500	Succeeded by Barbara Jagiellon