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).

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).

Ancestry

Family of Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg

Otto I, Duke of Bavaria Louis I, Duke of Bavaria Agnes of Loon Otto II, Duke of Bavaria Frederick, Duke of Bohemia Ludmilla of Bohemia Elizabeth of Hungary Louis II, Duke of Bavaria Henry the Lion Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine Matilda of England Agnes of the Palatinate Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Hohenstaufen) Agnes of Hohenstaufen Countess Palatine of the Rhine Irmingard of Henneberg daughter of Bertold I of Henneberg, Count of Würzburg Agnes of Bavaria Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg Albert IV, Count of Habsburg Agnes of Staufen (de) Rudolph I of Germany Ulrich, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen Heilwig of Kiburg Anna von Zähringen Matilda of Habsburg Burckhard IV, Count of Hohenberg (de) Burckhard V, Count of Hohenberg (de) Wilipirg von Aichelberg ? Gertrude of Hohenburg Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen Mechtild of Tübingen a daughter of Margrave Heinrich of Ronsberg

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