Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen

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Margravine of Meissen

Matilde of Bavaria

Margravine of Meissen

Coat-of-arms of Bittelsbach

Born| aft. 21 June 1313
Bavaria, Germany
Died| 2 July 1346
Meissen
Spouse| Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Issue
Detail| Elisabeth, Burgravine of Nuremberg
Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia
Louis, Archbishop of Magdeburg
William I, Margrave of Meissen
House| Wittelsbach
Father| Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother| Beatrice of Silesia

Matilde of Bavaria (aft. 21 June 1313 – 2 July 1346) Meißen) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Beatrix of Świdnica. Matilde was a member of the House of Wittelsbach.

## Family

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Matilde's paternal grandparents were Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and his third wife Matilda of Habsburg. Her maternal grandparents were Bolko I the Strict and his wife Beatrice of Brandenburg. She had two brothers, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria and Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria. Matilde also had two sisters, Anna and Agnes, however they both died young so Matilde was the only surviving daughter.

In 1322, Matilde's mother died, so her father remarried to Margaret II, Countess of Hainault. Matilde gained ten half siblings off her stepmother, including: Louis VI the Roman, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Otto V, Duke of Bavaria, Albert I of Holland, Agnes of Bavaria and Beatrix of Bavaria.

## Marriage

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Matilde married May 1323 in Nürnberg to Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, son of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen and had 9 children:

* Elisabeth (22 November 1329 – 21 April 1375), married to Friedrich V, Burgrave of Nuremberg.
* Frederick (born and died 1330)
* Frederick III the Strict
* Balthasar
* Beatrix (1 September 1339 – 15 July 1399), nun in Weißenfels
* Louis (25 February 1340 – 17 February 1382), (Bishop of Bamberg)
* William the One-eyed
* Anne (7 August 1345 – 22 March 1363), nun in Seußlitz [de]
* Clara (born 7 August 1345)

Of the nine children born to Frederick and Matilde, six of them survived infancy. Matilde and Frederick did not get to see any of their children live to adulthood, Matilde died in Meißen on 2 July 1346, aged thirty three. Her husband died three years later, in 1349, aged thirty eight.

## Ancestors

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Ancestors of Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen

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| 8\. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria|

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| 17\. Ludmilla of Bohemia

| 4\. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria|

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| 18\. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine

| 9\. Agnes of the Palatinate|

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| 19\. Agnes of Hohenstaufen

| 2\. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|

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| 20\. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg

| 10\. Rudolf I of Germany|

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| 21\. Hedwig of Kyburg

| 5\. Matilda of Habsburg|

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| 22\. Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg

| 11\. Gertrude of Hohenberg|

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| 23\. Mechtild of Tübingen

| 1\. Matilde of Bavaria|
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| 24\. Henry II the Pious

| 12\. Bolesław II Rogatka|

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| 25\. Anne of Bohemia

| 6\. Bolko I the Strict|

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| 26\. Henry I, Count of Anhalt

| 13\. Hedwig of Anhalt|

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| 27\. Irmgard of Thuringia

| 3\. Beatrice of Silesia|

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| 28\. Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg

| 14\. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel|

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| 29\. Beatrice of Bohemia

| 7\. Beatrice of Brandenburg|

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| 30\. Herman I, Count of Henneberg

| 15\. Judith of Henneberg|

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| 31\. Margaret of Holland

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## Sources

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* Mathilde von Wittelsbach

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie