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Margaret of Austria (c. 1416 – 12 February 1486), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Electress consort of Saxony from 1431 until 1464 by her marriage with the Wettin elector Frederick II. She was a sister of Emperor Frederick III.
Before she had reached the age of three the little girl was promised to Charles, heir to the French throne and son of King Louis XI. Margaret’s betrothal set the seal on the cession of a number of Burgundian territories which had been claimed and occupied by France since 1477.
Died in Mechelen (Eng. Mechlin, Fr. Malines; Belgium) on 1 December 1530. The daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy, she was brought up at the French court. At the age of seventeen she was married to the Spanish infante Don Juan of Asturias, who died five months later.
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Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony (1416–1486), Habsburg princess, daughter of duke Ernest of Austria, married elector Frederick II of Saxony.
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Margaret of Austria (c. 1416 – 12 February 1486), a member of the House of Habsburg, was Electress of Saxony from 1431 until 1464 by her marriage with the Wettin elector Frederick II. She was a sister of Emperor Frederick III.
