Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen

Matilde of Bavaria
Margravine of Meissen
Spouse(s)	Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Issue Elisabeth of Meissen Frederick of Meissen Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia Beatrix of Meissen Louis of Meissen, Bishop of Bamberg William I, Margrave of Meissen Anne of Meissen Clara of Meissen
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Beatrice of Silesia
Born	aft. 21 June 1313 Bavaria, Germany
Died	2 July 1346 Meissen

Matilde of Bavaria (aft. 21 June 1313 – 2 July 1346) Meißen) was the eldest daughter of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Beatrix of Świdnica. 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 stepmother, including: Louis VI the Roman, William I, Duke of Bavaria, Otto V, Duke of Bavaria, Albert I of Holland, Agnes of Bavaria 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 – 21 April 1375), married to Friedrich V, Burgrave of Nuremberg.
• Frederick (born and died 1330)
• Frederick III the Strict
• Balthasar
• Beatrix (1 September 1339 – 15 July 1399), nun in Weißenfels
• Louis (25 February 1340 – 17 February 1382), (Bishop of Bamberg)
• William the One-eyed
• Anne (7 August 1345 – 22 March 1363), nun in Seußlitz
• Clara (born 7 August 1345)

Of the nine children born to Frederick and Matilde, six of them survived 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.

Ancestors

Family of Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of Meissen

16. Louis I, Duke of Bavaria               8. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria                       17. Ludmilla of Bohemia               4. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria                             18. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine               9. Agnes of the Palatinate                       19. Agnes of Hohenstaufen               2. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor                                   20. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg               10. Rudolph I of Germany                       21. Hedwig of Kyburg               5. Matilda of Habsburg                             22. Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg               11. Gertrude of Hohenburg                       23. Mechtild of Tübingen               1. Matilde of Bavaria                                         24. Henry II the Pious               12. Bolesław II Rogatka                       25. Anne of Bohemia               6. Bolko I the Strict                             26. Henry I, Count of Anhalt               13. Hedwig of Anhalt                       27. Irmgard of Thuringia               3. Beatrice of Silesia                                   28. Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg               14. Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel                       29. Beatrice of Bohemia               7. Beatrice of Brandenburg                             30. Herman I, Count of Henneberg               15. Judith of Henneberg                       31. Margaret of Holland

Sources

• Mathilde von Wittelsbach