Margaret of Bavaria (1456–1501)

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Margaret of Bavaria (born November 7, 1456 in Amberg ; † February 25, 1501 in Heidelberg ) was a princess of Bavaria-Landshut and was elector of the Palatinate by marriage .

Life

Margarete was a daughter of Duke Louis IX. of the rich of Bavaria-Landshut (1417–1479) from his marriage to Amalia (1436–1501), daughter of the Saxon Elector Friedrich II.

In 1474 she married the future Elector Philip the Sincere of the Palatinate (1448–1508) in Amberg ("Amberg Wedding") , who had previously rejected marriage candidates such as Maria von Burgund and Anna, heiress of the County of Katzenelnbogen . More than 1,000 guests were present at the wedding, including 14 ruling princes. Large amounts of food were consumed, including 110,000 liters of wine and 10,000 chickens.

Two years after the marriage, Philipp became Elector Palatinate. In 1482, Margarete fled Heidelberg from the plague to Winzingen Castle , where she gave birth to the future Elector Friedrich II.

Margarete died in Heidelberg in 1501 and was buried in the Heiliggeistkirche . The priest Pallas Spangel gave her funeral speech at the funeral. The historian Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg (1677–1752) handed down their epitaph inscription in volume 1 of the “ Thesaurus Palatinus ” .

Thanks to his wife, Philipp had a good relationship with Margarete's brother, Duke Georg the Rich , and two of their children married in 1499. The dynastic connection was the starting point for political and military cooperation between Bavaria-Landshut and the Electoral Palatinate. Georg, who had no male descendants, finally made his sister's son and at the same time his son-in-law the heir in his will.

progeny

Margarete had the following children from their marriage:

  • Ludwig V (1478–1544), Elector Palatinate
⚭ 1511 Princess Sibylle of Bavaria-Munich (1489–1519)
⚭ 1499 Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1478–1504)
⚭ 1535 Princess Dorothea of ​​Denmark (1520–1580)
⚭ 1498 Landgrave Wilhelm III. of Hesse (1471–1500)
⚭ 1503 Margrave Philip I of Baden (1479–1533)
⚭ 1513 Duke George I of Pomerania (1493–1551)
  • Barbara (1491-1505)
  • Helene (1493-1524)
⚭ 1513 Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg (1479–1552)
  • Wolfgang (1494–1558), Count Palatine in Neumarkt, governor of the Upper Palatinate
  • Otto Heinrich (* / † 1496)
  • Katharina (1499–1526), ​​abbess in Neuburg am Neckar

literature

  • Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus: Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 3, CH Beck, 1995, ISBN 3-406-39453-1 , p. 79 ff.
  • Franz Prechtl: The "Amberg Wedding" 1474: a "Wedding" for Amberg. Amberg Tourist Association, 1997, ISBN 3-928908-13-8 .
  • Lothar Kolmer: The Amberg wedding of 1474 - tournaments, dancing, drinking. In: Johannes Laschinger (Ed.): Ammenberg becomes Amberg. Amberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-924707-09-5 , pp. 208-222

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Jeschke, Michael Matheus: Rural legal sources from the Kurmainzer Rheingau. Volume 54, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003
  2. ↑ Werner Rösener, Carola Fey: Fürstenhof and sacral culture in the late Middle Ages. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, p. 155 ff.
  3. ^ Franz Weiss: The picturesque and romantic Palatinate. AH Gottschick, 1840, p. 62
  4. ↑ Epitaph inscription in the Thesaurus Palatinus, Volume 1
  5. ^ Susanne Wolf: The double government of Emperor Friedrich III. and King Maximilians (1486–1493). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Weimar 2005, p. 81
personal data
SURNAME Margaret of Bavaria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Electress of the Palatinate
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1456
PLACE OF BIRTH On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1501
Place of death Heidelberg