Matilda of Bavaria, Margravine of 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.

Matilde of Bavaria
Margravine of Meissen
Coat-of-arms of Bittelsbach
Born	aft. 21 June 1313 Bavaria, Germany
Died	2 July 1346 Meissen
Spouse	Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen
Issue Detail	Elisabeth, Burgravine of Nuremberg Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia Louis, Archbishop of Magdeburg William I, Margrave of Meissen
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Beatrice of Silesia

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

Ancestors 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. Rudolf I of Germany 21. Hedwig of Kyburg 5. Matilda of Habsburg 22. Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg 11. Gertrude of Hohenberg 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