Margaret of Brieg

Margaret of Brieg
Duchess consort of Bavaria
Tenure	1353–1386
Spouse	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
Issue
Katharina, Duchess of Gelders and Jülich Johanna, Queen of the Romans and Bohemia Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy William II, Duke of Bavaria Albert II, Duke of Bavaria Joanna Sophia, Duchess of Austria John III, Duke of Bavaria
House	House of Piast
Father	Ludwik I the Fair
Mother	Agnes of Głogów
Born	1342
Died	1386

Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386) was a daughter of Ludwik I the Fair and his wife, Agnes of Sagan. She was Duchess consort of Bavaria by her marriage to Albert I, Duke of Bavaria.

Family

Margaret was the eldest of six siblings, her brother was Henryk VIII with a Scar and her sister, Hedwig was married to Jan II of Oświęcim.

Margaret's maternal grandparents were Henry IV the Faithful and Matilde of Brandenburg. Her paternal grandparents were Bolesław III the Generous and his first wife Margaret of Bohemia.

Margaret of Bohemia was the youngest surviving child of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Judith of Habsburg. Judith was the youngest daughter of Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenburg.

Marriage

In Passau after 19 July 1353, Margaret and Albert were married. Albert kept mistresses and lovers, but during his reign, troubles erupted between parties because of a woman, Aleid van Poelgeest. People did not like her because she gained political influence which was resented. A few years after Margaret's death, Aleid was murdered in The Hague.

Even though Louis had mistresses and lovers, the couple still had seven children; all of the children lived to adulthood, this was very uncommon during the time, many offspring died in infancy and the mother may die during childbirth. Margaret and Louis had the following children:

1. Katharina (c. 1361 – 1400, Hattem), married in Geertruidenberg in 1379 William I of Gelders and Jülich
2. Johanna (c. 1362 – 1386), wife of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans
3. Margaret (1363 – 23 January 1423, Dijon), married in Cambrai in 1385 John the Fearless
4. William VI, Count of Holland (1365–1417)
5. Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1369 – 21 January 1397, Kelheim)
6. Joanna Sophia (c. 1373 – 15 November 1410, Vienna), married on 15 June 1395 Albert IV, Duke of Austria
7. John, Count of Holland (1374/76 – 1425), Bishop of Liège

All of Margaret's daughter married into powerful royal families, one daughter, Johanna Sophia, was grandmother of Ladislaus the Posthumous. Another daughter, Margaret, was mother of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy

Death

Margaret died in 1386, aged around forty four, she left her husband a widower. Albert remarried after the death of Margaret, he married another women named Margaret, but she was from the Duchy of Cleves. Albert's only legitimate children were from Margaret of Brieg, he had no issue by Margaret of Cleves, but they held court together in The Hague.

Ancestors

Henry V the Fat

Bolesław III the Generous

Elisabeth of Greater Poland

Ludwik I the Fair

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

Margaret of Bohemia

Judith of Habsburg

Margaret of Brieg

Henry III, Duke of Silesia-Glogau

Henry IV the Faithful

Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Agnes of Głogów

Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel

Matilde of Brandenburg

Anne of Austria

Sources

• Margareta von Schlesien-Liegnitz
• Ancestors of Margareta von Schlesien-Liegnitz
• Complete Genealogy of the House of Piast: Silesia
• SILESIA

Preceded by Maud, Countess of Leicester

Duchess of Bavaria 19 July 1353–1386

Succeeded by Margaret of Cleves

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Name	Margaret Of Brieg
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Date of birth	1342
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Date of death	1386
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