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Kunigunde of Austria
Duchess of Bavaria-Mnich
Tenure 14871508
Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
Tenure 15031508
Spouse Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Issue Sidonie of Bavaria
Sibylle, Electress Palatine
Sabina, Duchess of Wrttemberg
William IV, Duke of Bavaria
Louis X, Duke of Bavaria
Ernest, Archbishop in Salzburg
Susanna, Margravine of Bayreuth and
Countess Palatine of Neuburg
House House of Habsburg
Father Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother Eleanor of Portugal
Born 16 March 1465
Wiener Neustadt
Died 6 August 1520
Convent of Pttrich
Religion Roman Catholicism
Kunigunde of Austria
Kunigunde of Austria
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kunigunde of Austria (German: Kunigunde von
sterreich) (16 March 1465 6 August 1520) was an
Austrian Archduchess member of the House of Habsburg
and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria-Munich and since
1503 over all Bavaria.
She was the daughter of Frederick III, Holy Roman
Emperor and his wife Eleanor of Portugal, daughter of
King Edward of Portugal.
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Marriage
2 Ancestry
3 References
4 External links
Biography
Early life
Born in Wiener Neustadt,
Kunigunde was the fourth
of five children born to the
Imperial couple; however,
only she and her older
brother Maximilian
survived to adulthood.
[1][2]
She grew up in an
informal and open
atmosphere, without rigid
court etiquette. Contrary to
former practice, she
learned not only to read,
write, and embroider, but also received instruction in
riding and hunting, astronomy and mathematics.
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Like most daughters of royal families, since her early years Kunigunde was involved in the political
intrigues of her time. In 1470 King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary requested her hand; however, Frederick
III refused him. At the age of fifteen, in 1480, Kunigunde made her formal presentation in Vienna during the
visit of George, Duke of Bavaria, called "the Rich" to Frederick III's court. After the celebrations she was
sent to Burggraf Ulrich III von Graben to Graz for her safety; however, after a plot against the Emperor was
discovered, he moved to Linz and sent Kunigunde to Innsbruck with Sigismund, Archduke of Further
Austria and ruler of Tirol, Frederick III's first cousin and former guardian.
Marriage
Kunigunde married Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria-Munich in 1487 against the will of her own father, and
served as joint regent for son Wilhelm IV. In spite of her resignation from court life, she tried to influence
the politics of the state as she acted in favour of the rights of her younger sons. She was in close contact with
her brother, Emperor Maximilian I, and with other rulers and relatives in Europe.
With Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria-Munich she had Seven children:
1. Sidonie (1 May 1488 27 March 1505). Betrothed to Louis V, Elector Palatine, she died before the
wedding took place.
2. Sibylle (16 June 1489 18 April 1519), married in 1511 to Louis V, Elector Palatine.
3. Sabina (24 April 1492 30 April 1564), married in 1511 to Duke Ulrich I of Wrttemberg.
4. William IV, Duke of Bavaria (13 November 1493 7 March 1550).
5. Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (18 September 1495 22 April 1545).
6. Ernest (13 June 1500 7 December 1560), an ecclesiastical official in Passau (151740), Archbishop
in Salzburg (154054) and Eichstdt.
7. Susanna (2 April 1502 23 April 1543), married firstly in 1518 to Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg
and secondly in 1529 to Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Neuburg, since 1556 Elector Palatine.
After the death of Albert in 1508 she later joined the Convent of Pttrich which she favoured and lived there
until her death in 1520.
Ancestry
References
1. ^ Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Habsburg"
(http://genealogy.euweb.cz/habsburg/habsburg2.html#F5). Genealogy.EU (http://genealogy.euweb.cz).
2. ^ Cawley, Charles, AUSTRIA (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUSTRIA.htm#FriedrichVdied1493B), Foundation
for Medieval Genealogy (http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Intro.htm), retrieved August 2012,
3. ^ Sigrid-Maria Gring: Um Krone und Liebe. Amalthea Verlag.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has
media related to Kunigunde
of Austria.
(English) Women in power
(http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1500.htm)
(German) Cloister of Pttrich (http://www.datenmatrix.de/projekte/hdbg/kloster/html-
data/geschichte_ks0245.php)
(German) Biography (http://www.historiker.de/cgi-local/menschenbilder/show.pl?
file=data%2fbilddatenbank.data&id=29&listtemp=templates%2fframe_ausschnitt_person.htm)
(German) Article in the Biographische Lexikon des Kaiserthums sterreich
(http://www.literature.at/webinterface/library/ALO-BOOK_V01?
objid=11804&zoom=3&ocr=&page=412&gobtn=Go%21)
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