Margaret of Thuringia
{{Short description|Electress consort of Brandenburg from 1486 to 1499}}
{{see also|Margaret of Saxony (disambiguation)}}
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{{infobox royalty
| consort = yes
| name = Margaret of Thuringia
| image = Johann Cicero.jpg
| caption = Margaret of Thuringia with her husband, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg
| house = Wettin
| succession = Electress consort of Brandenburg
| reign = 11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499
| issue = {{Plainlist|
- Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
- Albert, Archbishop of Magdeburg and Mainz
- Anna of Brandenburg
- Ursula, Duchess of Mecklenburg
}}
| father = William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
| mother = Anne of Austria, suo jure Duchess of Luxembourg
| spouse = {{marriage|John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg|1476|1499|end=died}}
| birth_date = 1449
| birth_place = Weimar
| death_date = {{death date|1501|7|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Spandau
| place of burial = Berlin Cathedral (tomb lost, 1750)
}}
Margaret of Thuringia or Margaret of Saxony (1449 – 13 July 1501) was a German noblewoman, Electress of Brandenburg by marriage.Ernst Daniel Martin Kirchner: Die Kurfürstinnen und Königinnen auf dem Throne der Hohhenzollern, Berlin, 1867
She was the daughter of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia and Anne of Austria, Duchess of Luxembourg suo jure.
Family and children
On 15 August 1476, in Berlin, she married John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. They had the following children:
- Wolfgang, born and died 1482.
- Joachim I Nestor (21 February 1484–11 July 1535), Elector Brandenburg.
- Elisabeth, born and died 1486.
- Albert (1490, Berlin–24 September 1545, Mainz), Cardinal since 1518, Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513-14, Archbishop of Mainz in 1514-45.
- Anna (27 August 1487, Berlin–3 May 1514, Kiel), married 10 April 1502 to the future King Frederick I of Denmark (she was never queen consort, since she died before her husband's accession).
- Ursula (17 October 1488–18 September 1510, Güstrow), married 16 February 1507 to Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.
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Category:15th-century German people
Category:15th-century German women
Category:Electresses of Brandenburg