Margaret of Brandenburg (1410–1465)

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Margarete von Brandenburg (* 1410 ; † July 27, 1465 in Landshut ) was a princess of Brandenburg and successively by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg and Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt .

Margarete was a daughter of the future Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg (1371-1440) from his marriage to Elisabeth (1383-1442), daughter of Duke Friedrich of Bavaria-Landshut . Margarete's brothers were the successively ruling Friedrich II and Albrecht Achilles , Elector of Brandenburg.

In 1413 she was betrothed to the Pomeranian Prince Wartislaw , the eldest son of Duke Wartislaw VIII . But her fiancé died in 1414/1415.

In 1423 she married Duke Albrecht V of Mecklenburg , who, however, died shortly after the marriage without the couple having lived together. Margarete Dömitz and Gorlosen received a dowry from her father.

On July 20, 1441, Margarete married Duke Ludwig VIII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1403–1445), also known as Ludwig the Höckerige, in order to secure the peace . Through this marriage, Ludwig came back into possession of the areas that he had lost to Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg in the Bavarian War 1420–1422. With Ludwig, Margarete had her only two children, albeit who died early.

Finally, in 1446, Margarete secretly married her court master Martin von Waldenfels († 1471). This relationship found its way into the tragedy Ludwig der Gebartete by Georg Köberle , published in 1844 .

literature

  • Beatrix Schönewald: The Duchesses of Bavaria-Ingolstadt . In: Collection sheet of the historical association Ingolstadt . tape 113 , 2004, pp. 35-54, especially pp. 52-53 .
  • Bernhard Glasauer: Duke Heinrich XVI. (1393–1450) the empire of Bavaria-Landshut. Territorial politics between dynasty and empire . Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8316-0899-7 ( Munich Contributions to History , Volume 5; also dissertation, University of Munich 2009).
  • Renate Kremer: The disputes about the Duchy of Bavaria-Ingolstadt 1438-1450 . CH Beck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-10694-3 ( series of publications on Bavarian regional history , volume 113; also dissertation, Mannheim 1989).
  • Theodor Straub : The five Ingolstadt duchesses . In: Bayern-Ingolstadt, Bayern-Landshut. 1392-1506. Splendor and misery of a division . Ingolstadt City Archives, Ingolstadt 1992, ISBN 3-932113-06-3 , p. 43-50, especially pp. 49-50 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Martin Wehrmann : Genealogy of the Pomeranian ducal house. Publications of the regional historical research center for Pomerania, series 1, vol. 5. Leon Saunier, Stettin 1937, pp. 99-100.
  2. ^ Ludwig Ernst Hahn: Elector Friedrich the First of Brandenburg. Hertz, 1859, p. 210.
  3. ^ Carl Friedrich Goeschel: Elisabeth, the first Electress of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. Mittler, 1844, p. 35.
  4. ↑ Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus (Ed.): Handbook of Bavarian History. Volume 2, p. 204.
  5. ^ Johann Gottfried Biedermann : Gender = register of the realm - Frey - immediate knighthood of the country to Francken, praiseworthy place = burg ... Bamberg 1747, panel CCLXV.
  6. ↑ Max Döllner : History of the development of the city of Neustadt an der Aisch until 1933. Ph. CW Schmidt, Neustadt ad Aisch 1950. (New edition 1978 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Ph. CW Schmidt Neustadt an der Aisch publishing house 1828-1978. ) P. 52.
personal data
SURNAME Margaret of Brandenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
DATE OF BIRTH 1410
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 1465
Place of death Landshut