Margaret of Opava
Mother of King of Germany
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| Intro | Mother of King of Germany | ||||||||
| Places | Germany | ||||||||
| was | King Mother | ||||||||
| Work field | Military Royals | ||||||||
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| Religion: | Roman catholic church | ||||||||
| Birth | 1330, Opava | ||||||||
| Death | 1363Brno (aged 33 years) | ||||||||
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Biography
Margaret of Opava (Czech: Markéta Opavská, Silesian: Margaret s Uopawje, German: Margaret von Troppau, Polish: Małgorzata opawska; 1330–1363) was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II of Opava, (grandson of Přemysl II, Otakar, King of Bohemia) and his third wife Anna of Racibórz. She became Margravine consort of Moravia by her marriage to John Henry of Moravia (1353).
Margaret was buried in Saint Thomas, Brno.
Children
The couple had six children:
- Catherine of Moravia (March 1353 – 1378), consort of Henry, Duke of Falkenberg
- Jobst of Moravia (1351 – 18 January 1411), King of the Romans
- Elizabeth of Moravia/Elizabeth of Meissen (1355 – 20 November 1400). Married William I, Margrave of Meissen.
- Anne, married Peter of Sterberg.
- John Sobieslaw of Moravia (Oktober 1357 – 12 Oktober 1394), Patriarch of Aquilea
- Prokop of Moravia (November 1358 – September 1305), (titular, not ruling) Margrav of Moravia