Marie of Baden-Sponheim

Marie of Baden-Sponheim
Maria Jacobäa von Baden, wife of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria (Hans Schöpfer I)
Born	(1507-06-25)25 June 1507
Died	16 November 1580(1580-11-16) (aged 73) Munich
Noble family	House of Zähringen
Spouse(s)	William IV, Duke of Bavaria
Issue	Albert V, Duke of Bavaria Mechthild of Bavaria
Father	Philip I, Margrave of Baden
Mother	Elisabeth of the Palatinate

Marie Jakobaea of Baden-Sponheim (25 June 1507 – 16 November 1580, Munich) was a German noblewoman and duchess consort of Bavaria.

Life

Marie was the daughter of Philip I, Margrave of Baden (1479–1533) and Countess Elisabeth (1483–1522), daughter of Philip, Elector Palatine and princess Margarete von Bayern-Landshut. Her paternal grandparents were Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen.

On 5 October 1522 she married William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493–1550), eldest son of Albert IV and his wife Kunigunde of Austria. They had four children:

• Theodor (1526–1534)
• Albert V (1528–1579) ∞ 1546 Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528–1590)
• Wilhelm (1529–1530)
• Mechthild of Bavaria (1532–1565) ∞ 1557 Margrave Philibert of Baden-Baden (1536–1569)

Bibliography

• Hans and Marga Rall: Die Wittelsbacher – Von Otto I. bis Elisabeth I., Weltbild (1994) ISBN 3-85001-485-1