Margaret of Baden
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Margaret of Baden was a Margravine of Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....

 by birth and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach. She was the daughter of Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Jacob I of Baden , was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1431 to 1453.He was the elder son of Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Anna von Oettingen. Jacob I was a man of deep religious beliefs, well-known as a founder of churches...

, and his wife Catherine of Lorraine
Catherine de Lorraine (1407—1439)
Catherine of Lorraine was the wife of Margrave Jacob of Baden-Baden.She was the daughter of Duke Charles II of Lorraine and the countess Margaret of the Palatinate....

.

In 1446, Margaret married Albert of Brandenburg, the future Albert III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, in Heilsbronn
Heilsbronn
Heilsbronn is a town in the Ansbach district of the Mittelfranken administrative region of Franconia, in the German state of Bavaria between Nuremberg and Ansbach, in the wooded valley of the Rangau...

. Margaret died before he succeeded to the Electorate of Brandenburg, thus never served as Electress. Their marriage produced three sons and three daughters:
  • Ursula
    Ursula of Brandenburg
    Ursula, Margravine von Brandenburg was a German noblewoman.She was the daughter of Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg and Margarethe of Saxony....

     (1450–1508)
married in 1467 Duke Henry I
Henry I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
Henry the Elder of Münsterberg was an Imperial Count and Count of Kladsko. He was also Duke of Silesian duchies Münsterberg and Oels and 1465–1472 Duke of Opava...

 of Münsterberg-Oels (1448-1498)
  • Elisabeth
    Elisabeth of Brandenburg (1451-1524)
    Elizabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg.- Life :...

     (1451–1524)
married in 1467 Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg
Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard VI/II was count of Württemberg-Stuttgart since 1480 as Eberhard VI and Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg since 1496....

 (1447-1504)
  • Margaret
    Margaret of Brandenburg (1453-1509)
    Margaret of Brandenburg was a princess of Brandenburg by birth and abbess of the Poor Clares monastery at Hof from 1476 to 1490.- Life :...

     (1453–1509), abbess of the Poor Clares convent at Hof from 1476
  • John Cicero (1455–1499), Elector of Brandenburg


Margaret died in Ansbach
Ansbach
Ansbach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Ansbach is situated southwest of Nuremberg and north of Munich, on the Fränkische Rezat, a tributary of the Main river. As of 2004, its population was 40,723.Ansbach...

 in 1457 shortly after her husband acquired the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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