Margaret of Thuringia

Margaret of Saxony (* 1449 in Weimar, † July 13, 1501 in Spandau) was a princess of Saxony and by marriage Electress of Brandenburg.

Life

Margaret was a daughter of the Duke William III. of Saxony (1425-1482) from his marriage to Anna (1432-1462), daughter of the Roman-German King Albrecht II

Margaret lived after the breakdown of the parents' marriage continues on the Father, who has also led her marriage negotiations court. After his death the country county Thuringia fell to Margaret's cousins, the Dukes Albrecht and Ernst of Saxony. Your vague claims to the territories of her grandfather Albert II had already failed in the person of their parents. In the war against Austria, Frederick the Great, however, lay at the Diet of Frankfurt in February 1757 before a deduction, in which he based on his descent from Margaret founded claims to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Margaret married on August 25, 1476 in Berlin, later to become the Elector Johann Cicero of Brandenburg ( 1455-1499 ). The wedding date was postponed due to financial difficulties multiply. The dowry of Margaret could only be paid in 1492.

In his will, John had his wife, the cities of Spandau, Kiistrin Wriezen, Bötzow love the forest and Saar mouth promised as dowry and Spandau lock designed to prevent their home, where she retired propagated.

Progeny

From her marriage to Johann Margaret had the following children:

• Daughter (1480-1482)
• Wolfgang (* / † 1482 )
• Joachim I Nestor (1484-1535), Elector of Brandenburg

• Elisabeth ( * / † 1486 )
• Anna (1487-1514)

• Ursula (1488-1510)

• Albrecht (1490-1545), Archbishop of Magdeburg. Archbishop and Elector of Mainz, Cardinal