Hedwig of Munsterberg-Oels (Czech: Hedvika Minstrberská; 10/12 June 1508, Oleśnica – 28 November 1531, Legnica) was born Duchess of Münsterberg and Oleśnica and Countess of Kladsko and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach.
Hedwig was a daughter of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, who was a grandson of the King George of Bohemia. Her mother was Anna of Sagan, a daughter of John II, the last Duke of Żagań (Sagan).
On 9 January 1525 Hedwig married Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach. She was George's second wife. The marriage produced two daughters:
Anna Maria (1526–1589) married in 1544 Duke Christoph of Württemberg (1515–1568)
Sabina (1529–1575) married in 1548 Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg (1525–1598)
Hedwig died in Legnica (Liegnitz), where she was buried.
Ancestors
| Ancestors of Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Victor of Poděbrady | | | | | | | | | George of Poděbrady | | | | | | | | | | | | | Anna of Wartenberg | | | | | | | | | Henry the Elder of Munsterberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Smil of Sternberg | | | | | | | | | Kunigunde of Sternberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | Barbara of Pardubice | | | | | | | | | Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg | | | | | | | | | Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut | | | | | | | | | Ursula of Brandenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden | | | | | | | | | Margarete of Baden | | | | | | | | | | | | | Catherine of Lorraine | | | | | | | | | Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Henry VIII the Sparrow | | | | | | | | | Jan I of Żagań | | | | | | | | | | | | | Catherine d'Opole | | | | | | | | | Jan II the Mad | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rudolf III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg | | | | | | | | | Scholastika of Saxe-Wittenberg | | | | | | | | | | | | | Anna of Meissen | | | | | | | | | Anna of Sagan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Przemko I, Duke of Opava | | | | | | | | | William, Duke of Opava | | | | | | | | | | | | | Catherine of Münsterberg | | | | | | | | | Catherine of Opava | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Půta III of Častolovice | | | | | | | | | Salomena z Častolovic | | | | | | | | | | | | | Anna von Kolditz | | | | | | | |
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