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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 .
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 ...
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Margaret of Saxony may refer to: Margaret of Saxony (d. 1429), wife of Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. 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.
Margaret of Austria (c. 1416 – 12 February 1486) was the elder daughter of Ernest, Duke of Austria and his second wife Cymburgis of Masovia. From her marriage she was Electress of Saxony. She was sister of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. Life
Margaret was a daughter of Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy. Her high birth made her an object of dynastic policy from infancy. Her father Maximilian was anxious to secure for the House of Habsburg the rich Burgundian inheritance that had passed to him after the death of the last Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, thanks to his marriage to ...
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
Apr 25, 2020 · Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony. Margaret was born around 1416. She was the eldest surviving daughter of Ernest, duke of Austria, and his second wife Cymburgis of Masovia [1] . She married Friedrich II "der Sanftmütige", Elector of Saxony in Leipzig on 3 June 1431 [1] .
