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Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels
Born10 or 12 June 1508
Oleśnica, Silesia
DiedNovember 28, 1531(1531-11-28) (aged 23)
Legnica
Noble familyPoděbrady
Spouse(s) George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach ​ ​(m. 1525)
IssueAnna Maria, Duchess of Württemberg
Sabina, Electress of Brandenburg
FatherCharles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
MotherAnna of Sagan

Hedwig of Munsterberg-Oels (Czech: Hedvika Minstrberská; 10/12 June 1508, Oleśnica – 28 November 1531, Legnica) was born Duchess of Münsterberg and Oleśnica and Countess of Kladsko and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach.

Hedwig was a daughter of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, who was a grandson of the King George of Bohemia. Her mother was Anna of Sagan, a daughter of John II, the last Duke of Żagań (Sagan).

On 9 January 1525 Hedwig married George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach. She was George's second wife. The marriage produced two daughters:

Hedwig died in Legnica (Liegnitz), where she was buried.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels
8. George of Poděbrady
4. Henry the Elder of Munsterberg
9. Kunigunde of Sternberg
2. Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels
10. Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg
5. Ursula of Brandenburg
11. Margarete of Baden
1. Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels
12. Jan I of Żagań
6. Jan II the Mad
13. Scholastika of Saxe-Wittenberg
3. Anna of Sagan
14. William, Duke of Opava
7. Catherine of Opava
15. Salomena z Častolovic

References

  • Norbert Sack, Harald Stark et al.: Three Weddings ... and a schism - Margrave George the Pious and his time. Written for the special exhibition at the Plassenburg (17 May - 4 October 2009).

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