Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

Margarethe von Cleve

Margaret of Cleves (23 February 1416 – 20 May 1444) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife Marie of Burgundy.^[1] She married

William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375–1435), having two children with him:
- Adolph (1434–1441);
- William (1435);
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (1413–1480), having one child with him
- Catharina (1441–1497) - became a Premonstratensian then a Dominican nun in Würzburg, then finally ending up in the monastery under the protection of bishop Rudolf van Würzburg

Ancestry

Ancestors of Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

16. Engelbert II of the Mark (c.1275–1328)

8. Adolph II of the Mark (c.1314–1347)

17. Matilda of Arenberg (c.1280–1349)

4. Adolph I of Kleve-Mark (1334–1394)

18. Dietrich VIII of Cleves (1291–1346)

9. Margaret of Cleves (c.1310-aft 1348)

19. Margaret of Guelders (1297–1333)

2. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (1373–1448)

20. William V, Duke of Jülich (c.1299–1361)

10. Gerhard VI of Jülich, Count of Berg and Ravensberg (c.1325–1360)

21. Joanna of Hainaut (1311/13-1374)

5. Margaret of Jülich (c.1350–1425/29)

22. Otto IV, Count of Ravensberg (bef 1276–1328)

11. Margaret of Ravensberg (c.1320–1389)

23. Margaret of Berg-Windeck (?-1339)

1. Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

24. John II of France (1319–1364)

12. Philip the Bold (1343–1404)

25. Bonne of Bohemia (1315–1349)

6. John the Fearless (1371–1419)

26. Louis II of Flanders (1330–1384)

13. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1393–1466)

27. Margaret of Brabant (1323–1380)

3. Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves (1393–1466)

28. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282–1347)

14. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria (1350–1405)

29. Margaret, Countess of Hainaut (1311–1356)

7. Margaret of Bavaria (1363–1424)

30. Ludwik I the Fair (c.1321–1398)

15. Margaret of Brieg (1342–1386)

31. Agnes of Glogau (c.1321–1362)

References

^ Sönke, Lorenz; Dieter, Mertens; Volker, Press, eds. (1997). "Württemberg-Stuttgart, Margarethe, Gräfin". Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon (in German) (Online ed.). Stuttgart: LEO-BW. p. 89.

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Duchesses consort of Bavaria

Waldrada (c. 556 – c. 572)
Geila of Friuli (c. 610 – c. 625)
Fara of Bavaria
Gleisnod de Friuli
Folchiade of Salzeburg
Regintrud (? – c. 716; c. 716 – c. 719)
Waldrada (c. 716 – c. 719)
Pilithrude (c. 716 – c. 719)
Imma of Alamannia (c. 716 – c. 719)
Hiltrud (c. 741 – c. 748)
Liutperga (bef. 770 – 788)
Hemma (Queen: 827–876)
Liutgard of Saxony (Queen: 880–882)
Richardis (Queen: 882–887)
Cunigunde of Swabia (Margravine: ?–907)
Judith of Sülichgau (c. 910 – 937)
Biltrude (c. 938 – 947)
Judith (947–955)
Gisela of Burgundy (before 972–976, 985–995)
Cunigunde of Luxembourg (c. 1000 – 1004, 1009–1017)
Gunhilda of Denmark (1035/36–1038)
Judith of Schweinfurt (?–1053)
Richenza of Swabia (1061–1070)
Ethelinde of Northeim (c. 1070)
Judith of Flanders (1071–1077)
Bertha of Savoy (1077–1087)
Eupraxia of Kiev (1089–1096)
Matilda of Tuscany (1101–1115)
Wulfhilde of Saxony (1120–1126)
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1127–1138; 1142–1143)
Maria of Bohemia (1139–1141)
Theodora Komnene (1148–1156)
Clementia of Zähringen (1156–1162)
Matilda of England (1168–1180)
Agnes of Loon (1180–1183)
Ludmilla of Bohemia (1204–1231)
Agnes of the Palatinate (1231–1253)
Elizabeth of Hungary (Lower: 1253–1271)
Maria of Brabant (1254–1255; Upper: 1255–1256)
Anna of Glogau (Upper: 1260–1271)
Matilda of Habsburg (Upper: 1273–1294)
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (Lower: 1290–1296)
Mechthild of Nassau (Upper: 1294–1317)
Jutta of Schweidnitz (Lower: 1297/99–1310)
Beatrice of Silesia (Upper: 1308/11–1322)
Agnes of Glogau (Lower: 1309–1312)
Margaret of Holland (Upper: 1324–1340; 1340–1347)
Anne of Austria (Lower: 1326/28–1333)
Margaret of Bohemia (Lower: 1328–1339)
Richardis of Jülich (Lower: c. 1330–1334)
Margarete Maultasch (1347–1349; Upper: 1349–1361)
Elisabeth of Sicily (1347–1349; Lower: 1349)
Cunigunde of Poland (1347–1357)
Maud of Lancaster (Lower: 1352–1353; Straubing: 1353–1362)
Margaret of Brieg (Straubing: 1353–1386)
Margarete of Nuremberg (Landshut: 1359–1375; Upper: 1363)
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1360–1365)
Margaret of Austria (Upper: 1361–1363)
Catherine of Bohemia (Landshut: 1366–1379)
Catherine of Gorizia (1375–1391)
Anna of Neuffen (1375–1381)
Taddea Visconti (1375–1381)
Maddalena Visconti (1381–1392; Landshut: 1392–1393)
Margaret of Austria (Landshut: 1393–1450; Ingolstadt: 1447)
Margaret of Cleves (Straubing: 1394–1404)
Elisabetta Visconti (Munich: 1397–1432; Straubing: 1429–1432)
Elisabeth of Cleves (Ingolstadt: 1401–1413)
Margaret of Burgundy (Straubing: 1404–1417)
Catherine of Alençon (Ingolstadt: 1413–1443)
Elizabeth of Görlitz (Straubing: 1418–1425)
Margaret of Cleves (Munich: 1433–1435; Straubing: 1433–1435)
Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (Munich: 1438–1460)
Margaret of Brandenburg (Ingolstadt: 1443–1445)
Amalia of Saxony (Landshut: 1452–1479)
Hedwig Jagiellon (Landshut: 1479–1502)
Kunigunde of Austria (Munich: 1487–1505; 1505–1508)
Marie of Baden-Sponheim (1522–1550)
Anna of Austria (1550–1579)
Renata of Lorraine (1579–1597)
Elisabeth of Lorraine (1597–1623)

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