Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal

German noblewoman
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IntroGerman noblewoman
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isNoble
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Gender
Female
Family
Mother:Matilda of Habsburg
Father:Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Spouse:Henry I Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
Children:Henry II Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal Sophia of Brandenburg-Stendal Judith of Brandenburg
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Biography

Agnes of Bavaria (1276-1345) was a daughter of Duke Louis II of Upper Bavaria (1229–1294) and his third wife, Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304).
In 1290, in Donauwörth, she married Henry "the Younger" of Hesse (1265 - 23 August 1298), a son of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse (1244–1308). They had at least one child:
Agnes, married to Gerlach I, Count of Nassau (c.1285-1361).
In 1303, she remarried to Margrave Henry I of Brandenburg-Stendal (1256–1318). From her second marriage, she had three children:
Henry II "the Child" (1308-1320).
Sophia (1300-1356), heiress of Landsberg and the County Palatine of Saxony, married in 1327 to Duke Magnus of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1304–1369).
Judith/Jutta (b.1302-b.1330), married in 1318 to Duke Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b.1296–a.1351).

Ancestry

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