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Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage. She was the daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and Anne of Austria, Duchess of Luxembourg suo jure. Family and children. On 15 August 1476, in Berlin, she married John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg.
Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.
Anna and Wilhelm had two surviving daughters: Margaret of Thuringia (1449 – 13 July 1501), who married John II, Elector of Brandenburg, and whose direct main heirs have been Electors of Brandenburg, then Kings of Prussia, and then German Emperors.
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The date of her birth is difficult to ascertain because there is controversy over the exact number of children borne by her mother. Some sources[better source needed] say that she was the first or second child, born by the end of 1237; otherssay that she was the last child, born in December 1241, when Isabella died in childbirth. Historians commonl...
Shortly after her birth (1242), Margaret was betrothed to Albert "the Degenerate", eldest son and heir of Henry III "the Illustrious", Margrave of Meissen. The marriage took place in June 1255, the bride receiving Pleissnerland (the towns of Altenburg, Zwickau, Chemnitz and Leisnig) as her dowry. The couple settled at his residence in Eckartsberga ...
Margaret and Albert had five children: 1. Henry (b. 21 March 1256 – d. 25 January/23 July? 1282), inherited the Pleissnerlandin 1274. 2. Frederick(b. 1257 – d. Wartburg, 16 November 1323), Margrave of Meissen. 3. Theodoric, called Dietzmann (b. 1260 – murdered Leipzig, 10 December 1307), Margrave of Lusatia. 4. Margaret (b. 1262 – d. young, after 1...
Thuringii / Kingdom of Thuringia. AD 400 - 531. The Thuringians are thought to have been mainly of Anglian stock from what is now lower Denmark. Their kingdom was formed during the collapse of the Roman empire, when Angles migrated southwards from Angeln and settled in central Germany between the Main and the Harz.
Born in February 1237; died on August 8, 1270; daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman emperor (r. 1215–1250), and Isabella of England (1214–1241, Holy Roman empress and daughter of King John of England); married Albert, landgrave of Thuringia; children: Frederick, margrave of Meissen and Thuringia.
Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage. She was the daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and Anne of Austria, Duchess of Luxembourg suo jure.
