Mechthild of Nassau

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Mechthild von Nassau (* before 1280 ; † June 19, 1323 in Heidelberg ) was the youngest child of the Roman-German King Adolf von Nassau and his wife, Countess Imagina von Isenburg-Limburg . She was Princess of Nassau and later Duchess of Upper Bavaria and Countess Palatinate near Rhine through her marriage to Rudolf I of the Palatinate , known as the Stammler .

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Mechthild was the youngest of eight children, of whom only three other siblings reached adulthood: Gerlach I. von Nassau-Wiesbaden , Walram III. von Nassau-Wiesbaden and Adelheid, abbess of the Klarenthal monastery .

Her husband, Rudolf I, succeeded his father in 1294 and supported his father-in-law, King Adolf von Nassau, in the fight for the throne against his uncle, Albrecht von Habsburg . After Adolf's death, Rudolf joined Albrecht's party, but the new king's strong dynastic policies caused a new conflict. Rudolf's mother, Mathilde von Habsburg, acted as regent for her son Rudolf and for her other son, the future Emperor Ludwig IV. A civil war against Ludwig due to new disputes over the division of Bavaria was ended in 1313 with the conclusion of peace in Munich. Rudolf died in England in 1319 .

Drawing from the grave of Mechthild von Nassaus in Klarenthal Monastery

Ludwig also took possession of the Rhine Palatinate on the basis of the armed force treaty concluded with his brother Rudolf on February 26, 1317. According to the treaty, Ludwig was to rule alone as long as the throne dispute with the Habsburgs lasted. This war only ended years after Rudolf's death, in August 1322. Only after Mechthild died in June 1323, whose hatred of Ludwig had made a permanent reconciliation impossible, did a reconciliation come about between Rudolf and Rudolf's three sons. In 1329 Ludwig gave the Palatinate back to Rudolf's descendants in the Pavia house contract .

Mechthild died on June 19, 1323 in Heidelberg . She was buried in the Klarenthal Abbey.

Marriage and offspring

Princess Mechthild married on September 1, 1294 in Nuremberg Rudolf I, Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count Palatine near the Rhine. The marriage had six children:

  1. ⚭ 1328 Princess Anna of Gorizia, Tyrol and Carinthia (1300–1335),
  2. ⚭ 1348 Princess Margaret of Sicily of the House of Aragon (1331–1377);
  1. ⚭ 1350 Countess Elisabeth of Flanders-Namur from the House of Dampierre (1340–1382),
  2. ⚭ 1385 Princess Beatrix von Berg (1360–1395);

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SURNAME Mechthild of Nassau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Princess of Nassau, Duchess of Upper Bavaria and Countess Palatine near the Rhine
DATE OF BIRTH before 1280
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1323
Place of death Heidelberg