Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg

Agnes of Bavaria
Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal
Born	1276
Died	1345
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach House of Hesse by marriage House of Ascania by marriage
Spouse(s)	Henry the Younger of Hesse Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
Father	Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Matilda of Habsburg

Agnes of Bavaria (1276–1345) was a daughter of Duke Louis II of Upper Bavaria (1229–1294) and his third wife, Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304). It is an ancestor of Maria Theresa of Austria.

In 1290, in Donauwörth, she married Henry "the Younger" of Hesse (1265 – 23 August 1298), a son of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse (1244–1308). They had at least one child:

• Agnes, married to Gerlach I, Count of Nassau (c.1285–1361).

In 1303, she remarried to Margrave Henry I of Brandenburg-Stendal (1256–1318). From her second marriage, she had three children:

• Henry II "the Child" (1308–1320).
• Sophia (1300–1356), heiress of Landsberg and the County Palatine of Saxony, married in 1327 to Duke Magnus of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1304–1369).
• Judith/Jutta (b.1302–b.1330), married in 1318 to Duke Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b.1296–a.1351).