Margaretha von Tost
Margaretha von Tost , also Margarethe, Duchess of Tost (Polish: Małgorzata toszecka ) (* 1467 or 1468 ; † November 8, 1531 in Breslau , Principality of Breslau ) was by birth Duchess of Tost and from 1508 abbess of the Wroclaw Poor Clare Monastery .
Life
Margaretha came from the Opole branch of the Silesian Piasts . She was the only child of Duke Przemislaus III. Tost and his wife Machna († 1468/72), a subsidiary of the Opole Duke Nikolaus I . In 1481 or 1482 she entered the Wroclaw Poor Clare Monastery (now the Ursuline Monastery) as a nun. In February 1508 she was elected abbess there.
literature
- Historical Commission for Silesia (Ed.): History of Silesia. Volume 1: Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel, Winfried Irgang (eds.): From primeval times to the year 1526. 5th, revised edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Margaretha von Tost |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Margarethe Duchess of Tost; Małgorzata toszecka (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Tost and Abbess in Breslau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1467 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1531 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |