Margarete of Baden | |
Noble Family: | House of Zähringen |
Father: | Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden |
Mother: | Catherine of Lorraine |
Spouse: | Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg |
Issue: | |
Death Place: | Ansbach |
Margaret of Baden (1431 - 24 October 1457) was a Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach. She was the daughter of Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and his wife Catherine of Lorraine.
In 1446, Margaret married Albert of Brandenburg, the future Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, in Heilsbronn.[1] Margaret died before he succeeded to the Electorate of Brandenburg, thus never served as Electress. Their marriage produced three sons and three daughters:
married in 1467 Duke Henry I of Münsterberg-Oels (1448-1498)
married in 1467 Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg (1447-1504)
Margaret died in Ansbach in 1457 shortly after her husband acquired the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
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