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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 .
Margaret of Austria: a life dedicated to the higher honour of the dynasty. 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 ...
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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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] .
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Margaret of Saxony (c. 1416–1486) Duchess and electress of Saxony . Name variations: Margarethe. 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 ...
Biography. Chapter Margaret of Austria: a life dedicated to the higher honour of the dynasty. Relevant Chapters. Marrying into Spain: Philip the Fair and Joan the Mad. Ferdinand I: overshadowed by his elder brother. Joan the Mad. Charles V: heir to many crowns. Philip I: the Habsburgs reach out for the Spanish crown.
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