Hedwig of Munsterberg-Oels ( cz, Hedvika Minstrberská; 10/12 June 1508,

Oleśnica Oleśnica (pronounced ; german: Oels; szl, Ôleśnica) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the administrative seat of Oleśnica County and also of the rural district of ...

– 28 November 1531,

Legnica Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...

) was born Duchess of Münsterberg and

and Countess of Kladsko and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach. Hedwig was a daughter of Duke

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of Münsterberg-Oels, who was a grandson of the King George of Bohemia. Her mother was

Anna of Sagan Anna of Sagan (Polish: ''Anna żagańska'', Czech: ''Anna Zaháňská'', also ''Hlohovsko-Zaháňská'' or ''Zaháňsko-Hlohovská'') (born c. 1480, died 27 or 28 October 1541) was the last surviving member of the Głogów-Żagań branch of the Si ...

, a daughter of

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, the last Duke of

Żagań Żagań ( French and german: Sagan, hsb, Zahań, la, Saganum) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Zielon ...

(Sagan). On 9 January 1525 Hedwig married George, Margrave 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) *

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(1529–1575) married in 1548 Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg (1525–1598) Hedwig died in

(Liegnitz), where she was buried.

Ancestry

References

* Norbert Sack, Harald Stark et al.: ''Three Weddings ... and a schism - Margrave George the Pious and his time''. Written for th
special exhibition at the Plassenburg
(17 May - 4 October 2009).

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Munsterberg-Oels, Hedwig Of 1508 births 1531 deaths Margravines of Germany Podiebrad family People from Oleśnica Silesian nobility