Margaret of Thuringia

Electress consort of Brandenburg from 1486 to 1499

See also: Margaret of Saxony (disambiguation)

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Margaret of Thuringia

Margaret of Thuringia with her husband, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

Electress consort of Brandenburg
Tenure| 11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499

Born| 1449
Weimar
Died| (1501-07-13)13 July 1501
Spandau
Burial|

Berlin Cathedral (tomb lost, 1750)

Spouse|

John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

(m. 1476; died 1499)​

Issue|

* Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
* Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg and Mainz
* Anna of Brandenburg
* Ursula, Duchess of Mecklenburg

House| Wettin
Father| William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
Mother| Anne of Austria, suo jure Duchess of Luxembourg

Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.[1]

She was the daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and Anne of Austria, Duchess of Luxembourg suo jure.

## Family and children

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On 15 August 1476, in Berlin, she married John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. They had the following children:

1. Wolfgang, born and died 1482.
2. Joachim I Nestor (21 February 1484–11 July 1535), Elector Brandenburg.
3. Elisabeth, born and died 1486.
4. Albert (1490, Berlin–24 September 1545, Mainz), Cardinal since 1518, Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513-14, Archbishop of Mainz in 1514-45.
5. Anna (27 August 1487, Berlin–3 May 1514, Kiel), married 10 April 1502 to the future King Frederick I of Denmark (she was never queen consort, since she died before her husband's accession).
6. Ursula (17 October 1488–18 September 1510, Güstrow), married 16 February 1507 to Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.

## References

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1. ^ Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Kurfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohhenzollern, Berlin, 1867

Margaret of Thuringia

House of Wettin

Born: 1449 Died: 13 July 1501

German nobility
Preceded by

Anna of Saxony

|  Electress consort of Brandenburg
11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499  | Vacant

Title next held by

Elizabeth of Denmark

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Princesses of Saxony by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.

1st generation|

* Anna, Landgravine of Hesse
* Catherine, Electress of Brandenburg

2nd generation|

* Amalia, Duchess of Bavaria
* Anna, Electress of Brandenburg
* Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg
* Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg

3rd generation|

* Christina, Queen of Denmark and Norway
* Margaret, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

4th generation|

* Christine, Landgravine of Hesse
* Magdalena, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg

5th generation|

* Maria, Duchess of Pomerania

6th generation|

* Anna, Princess of Orange
* Elisabeth, Countess Palatine of Simmern
* Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
* Anna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach

7th generation|

* Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania
* Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

8th generation|

* Sophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt
* Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
* Magdalene Sibylle, Princess Elect of Denmark and Norway

9th generation|

none

10th generation|

none

11th generation|

none

12th generation|

* Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain1
* Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria1
* Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France1
* Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont1
* Princess Maria Elisabeth1
* Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen1

13th generation|

* Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken
* Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan

14th generation|

* Princess Maria Augusta
* Princess Amalie
* Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
* Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
* Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain

15th generation|

* Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa
* Anna, Grand Princess of Tuscany
* Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria
* Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria

16th generation|

* Princess Mathilde
* Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto of Austria

19th generation|

* none

* 1 królewna of Poland and Lithuania

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Electresses of Brandenburg

* Cunigunde of Poland (1356–1357)
* Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1365–1395)
* Catherine of Bohemia (1366–1373)
* Joanna of Bavaria (1373–1378)
* Maria, Queen of Hungary (1387–1388)
* Agnes of Opole (1388–1411)
* Barbara of Cilli (1411–1415)
* Elisabeth of Bavaria (1415–1440)
* Catherine of Saxony (1470–1476)
* Anna of Saxony (1471–1486)
* Margaret of Saxony (1486–1499)
* Elizabeth of Denmark (1499–1535)
* Hedwig Jagiellon (1535–1571)
* Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1571–1575)
* Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1577–1598)
* Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1598–1602)
* Eleanor of Prussia (1603–1607)
* Duchess Anna of Prussia (1608–1619)
* Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (1619–1640)
* Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau (1646–1667)
* Princess Dorothea Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1668–1688)
* Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1688–1705)
* Duchess Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1708–1713)
* Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (1713–1740)
* Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1740–1786)
* Landgravine Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1786–1797)
* Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1797–1806)

Authority control databases

International|

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National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie

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