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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.
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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 .
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 ...
When Electress Margaret Habsburg of Saxony was born on 21 August 1416, in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria, her father, Ernst von Habsburg I, was 38 and her mother, Cymburgis of Masovia, was 22. She married Elector Frederick II Wettin of Saxony on 3 June 1431, in Leipzig, Amt Leipzig, Saxony. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters.
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- Elector Frederick II Wettin of Saxony
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 ...
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.
Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony is the 721st most popular nobleman (down from 584th in 2019), the 538th most popular biography from Austria (down from 481st in 2019) and the 28th most popular Austrian Nobleman. Memorability Metrics. Video unavailable.
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] .
