Margaret of Brandenburg (1410–1465)

Margaret of Brandenburg
Spouse(s)	Albert V, Duke of Mecklenburg Louis VIII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt Count Martin of Waldenfels
Noble family	House of hohenzollern
Father	Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg
Mother	Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut
Born	1410
Died	27 July 1465(1465-07-27) Landshut

Margaret of Brandenburg (1410 – 27 July 1465, Landshut) was a Princess of Brandenburg by birth and through successive marriages Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Countess of Waldenfels.

Margaret was a daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg (1371–1440) from his marriage to Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1383–1442 ), daughter of Duke Frederick of Bavaria-Landshut. Elizabeth's brothers were Frederick II and Albert III Achilles, who successively ruled Brandenburg.

She married in 1423 Duke Albert V of Mecklenburg, but he died shortly after his marriage, even before they could being living together. Margaret received as dowry Dömitz and Gorlosen from her father.^[1]

On 20 July 1441 Margaret married Louis VIII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1403–1445), to secure peace in the land.^[2] Through this marriage, Louis regained possessions he had lost to Elector Frederick I during the Bavarian War of 1420-1422.^[3] Two children were born is this marriage. Both, however, died young.

In 1446, finally, Margaret married secretly married her tutor, Count Martin of Waldenfels (d. 1471). This relationship has been incorporated into the tragedy Louis the Bearded by Georg Köberle, published in 1844.

References and sources

• Beatrix Schönewald (2004), "Die Herzoginnen von Bayern-Ingolstadt" (in German), Sammelblatt des Historischen Vereins Ingolstadt 113: 35–54, especially pp. 52–53 
• Bernhard Glasauer (2009) (in German), Herzog Heinrich XVI. (1393–1450) der Reiche von Bayern-Landshut. Territorialpolitik zwischen Dynastie und Reich, Münchner Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft, 5, München: Herbert Utz Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8316-0899-7 
• Renate Kremer (2000) (in German), Die Auseinandersetzungen um das Herzogtum Bayern-Ingolstadt 1438–1450, Schriftenreihe zur bayerischen Landesgeschichte, 113, München: C. H. Beck, ISBN 3-406-10694-3 
• Theodor Straub (1992) (in German), Die fünf Ingolstädter Herzoginnen, Ingolstadt: Stadtarchiv Ingolstadt, pp. 43–50, especially pp. 49–50, ISBN 3-932113-06-3 
• This page is a translation of its German equivalent.

External links

1. ^ Ludwig Ernst Hahn: Kurfürst Friedrich der Erste von Brandenburg, Hertz, 1859, p. 210
2. ^ Carl Friedrich Goeschel: Elisabeth, die erste Kurfürstin von Brandenburg aus dem Hause Hohenzollern, Mittler, 1844, S. 35
3. ^ Max Spindler, Andreas Kraus: Handbuch der bayerischen Geschichte, Band 2, S. 204

Persondata
Name	Margaret of Brandenburg
Alternative names	Margarete von Brandenburg (German)
Short description	Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt
Date of birth	1410
Place of birth
Date of death	27 July 1465
Place of death	Landshut