Margaret of Thuringia

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Margarethe of Saxony (born 1449 in Weimar, died 13 July 1501 in Spandau) was a German noblewoman.

She was the daughter of Wilhelm "der Tapfere" and Anne, Duchess of Luxembourg.

[edit] Family and children

On 15 August 1476, in Berlin, she married Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. They had the following children:

1. Wolfgang, born and died 1482.
2. Joachim I Nestor (21 February 1484–11 July 1535), Elector Brandenburg.
3. Elisabeth, born and died 1486.
4. Albert (1490, Berlin–24 September 1545, Mainz), Cardinal since 1518, Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513-14, Archbishop of Mainz in 1514-45.
5. Anna (27 August 1487, Berlin–3 May 1514, Kiel), married 10 April 1502 to King Frederick I of Denmark.
6. Ursula (17 October 1488–18 September 1510, Güstrow), married 16 February 1507 to Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

[edit] Genetics

As a matrilineal relative of Elisabeth of Luxembourg and ultimately of Nicholas II of Russia, she and all her female-line descendants are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T.

Preceded by Anne of Saxony

Electress of Brandenburg 1486 – 1499

Succeeded by Elizabeth of Denmark