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Portrait of Margaret aged ten by Jean Hey, c. 1490. Margaret was born on 10 January 1480 and named after her stepgrandmother, Margaret of York. She was the second child and only daughter of Maximilian of Austria (future Holy Roman Emperor) and Mary of Burgundy, co-sovereigns of the Low Countries. In 1482, her mother died and her four-year-old ...
Margaret of Bavaria (1363 – 23 January 1424, Dijon) was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless. She was the regent of the Burgundian Low Countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404–1419 and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419–1423.
Margaret of Austria (25 December 1584 – 3 October 1611) was Queen of Spain and Portugal by her marriage to King Philip III & II . Life. Margaret was the daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria and thus the paternal granddaughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I.
views 2,838,477 updated. Margaret of Austria. 1480–1530. Habsburg ruler. A member of the powerful Habsburg dynasty, Margaret of Austria acted as regent* to her nephew, the future Charles V. The Habsburgs used Margaret as a political pawn, arranging marriages for her with various European rulers.
May 14, 2018 · views 2,412,196 updated May 14 2018. Margaret of Austria (1480–1530) Duchess of Savoy who governed the Low Countries for most of the period between 1506 and 1530 . Name variations: Marguérite; Marguerite d'Autriche; Margaret Hapsburg; Duchess of Savoy and regent of the Netherlands.
Margaret of Austria (born January 10, 1480, Brussels [Belgium]—died December 1, 1530, Mechelen, Spanish Netherlands) was a Habsburg ruler who, as regent of the Netherlands (1507–15, 1519–30) for her nephew Charles (later the Holy Roman emperor Charles V ), helped consolidate Habsburg dominion there.
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Margaret (1395–1447) Duchess of Bavaria . Name variations: Margarethe. Born on June 26, 1395, in Vienna; died on December 24, 1447, in Burghausen; daughter of Johanna of Bavaria (c. 1373–1410) and Albrecht also known as Albert IV (1377–1404), duke of Austria (r. 1395–1404); sister of Albert V (1397–1439), duke of Austria (r. 1404 ...
