Matilde of Bavaria [61982]
- Born: Aft 21 Jun 1313
- Marriage: Frederick III Landgrave of Thuringia [61981]
- Died: 2 Jul 1346
 General Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_of_Bavaria
Matilde of Bavaria (aft. 21 June 1313 \endash 2 July 1346) Meißen ) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Beatrix of Swidnica . Matilde was a member of the House of Wittelsbach .
Family
Matilde's paternal grandparents were Louis II, Duke of Bavaria and his third wife Matilda of Habsburg . Her maternal grandparents were Bolko I the Strict and his wife Beatrice of Brandenburg . She had two brothers, Louis V, Duke of Bavaria and Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria . Matilde also had two sisters, Anna and Agnes, however they both died young so Matilde was the only surviving daughter.
In 1322, Matilde's mother died, so her father remarried to Margaret II, Countess of Hainault . Matilde gained ten half siblings off her step-mother, including: Louis VI the Roman , William I, Duke of Bavaria , Otto V, Duke of Bavaria , Albert I of Holland , Agnes of Bavaira and Beatrix of Bavaria .
Marriage
Matilde married May 1323 in Nürnberg to Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen , son of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen and had 9 children:
Elisabeth (22 November 1329 \endash 21 April 1375), married to Friedrich V , Burgrave of Nuremberg .
Friedrich (born and died 1330)
Friedrich III der Strenge
Balthasar
Beatrix (1 September 1339 \endash 15 July 1399), nun in Weißenfels </wiki/Wei%C3%9Fenfels>
Ludwig (25 February 1340 \endash 17 February 1382), (Bishop of Bamberg )
William der Einäugige
Anne (7 August 1345 \endash 22 March 1363), nun in Seußlitz
Clara (born 7 August 1345)
Of the nine children born to Frederick and Matilde, six of them survivied infancy. Matilde and Frederick did not get to see any of their children live to adulthood, Matilde died in Meißen on 2 July 1346, aged thirty three. Her husband died three years later, in 1349, aged thirty eight.
Matilde married Frederick III Landgrave of Thuringia [61981] [MRIN: 551617924]. (Frederick III Landgrave of Thuringia [61981] was born on 14 Dec 1332 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany and died on 21 May 1381.)
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