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Mother. Cymburgis of Masovia. 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 .
Archduchess Margaret of Austria ( German: Margarete; French: Marguerite; Dutch: Margaretha; Spanish: Margarita; 10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands.
Habsburg. Margaret of Austria. Archduchess of Austria; governor of the Netherlands from 1507. Born in Brussels on 10 January 1480. 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.
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Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony (1416–1486), wife of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony. Margaret of Saxony (1444–1498), daughter of Frederick II, Elector of Saxony and became the Abbess of Seusslitz.
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Born in 1416 or 1417 in Wiener Neustadt; died on February 12, 1486, in Altenburg; daughter of Cimburca of Masovia (c. 1396–1429) and Ernest (d. 1424, son of Leopold III of Austria); married Frederick II the Gentle (1412–1464), duke and elector of Saxony; children: Anne of Saxony (1437–1512); Ernest of Saxony (b. 1441), elector of Saxony; Albert ...
Margaret of Austria: Succession: Electress consort of Saxony: Reign: 3 June 1431 - 7 September 1464 : Spouse: Frederick II, Elector of Saxony: Issue: Amalia, Duchess of Bavaria Anna, Electress of Brandenburg Ernest, Elector of Saxony Albert III, Duke of Saxony Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg: Issue-Link: Family; Issue-Pipe: more... House: House ...