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Margaret of Germany (also called Margarethe von Hohenstaufen) (b. Foggia, 1 December 1241 - d. Frankfurt-am-Main, 8 August 1270), Imperial Princess and Princess of Germany and Sicily, was a member of the House of Hohenstaufen.
She was the daughter of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Sicily, by his third wife, Isabella of England.
[edit] Birth
The date of Margaret's birth was dificult to precise because the exact amount of children bore by her mother is controversial. By some sources[1][2]she was the first or second child, born by the end of 1237; by others (and the most commonly belief)[3][4]she was the last child who Isabella died giving birth to, in December 1241.
[edit] Life
Shortly after her birth (1242), Margaret was bethroted with Albrecht "der Entartete", eldest son and heir of the Margrave Heinrich "der Erlauchte" of Meissen. The marriage took place on June 1255 and she got as her dowry the Pleissnerland, consisted in the towns of Altenburg, Zwickau, Chemnitz and Leisnig.
The couple settled his residence in Eckartsberga and later moved to Wartburg, where she bore five children: three sons (Heinrich, Frederick and Dietzmann) and two daughters (Margaret and Agnes). From his second son Frederick -later Margrave of Meissen-, Margaret was the direct ancester of the Electors and Kings of Saxony.
After discovered the adultery of her husband with Kunigunde of Eisenberg, Margaret left Wartburg; according to a legend, before her departure she bit her son Frederick in the cheek; he was called henceforth Frederick the Bitten (de: Friedrich der Gebissene). The flight took place on 24 June 1270. Margaret went to Frankfurt and was supported there by the citizens. She died 6 weeks later.
