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A more glorious marriage
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Margaret of Austria, Electress Palatine
A more glorious marriage
On 1511, Archduchess Margaret would make her third and final marriage which would nullify her final vow regarding not marrying again after her previous husband the duke of Savoy died many years ago and on the end of 1511, the marriage between Frederick, duke of Palatinate and Archduchess Margaret was solemnized by a priest and given dispensation, both Margaret and the Duke Palatinate would have the custody of the children of her brother and rule Netherlands and Austria as the regents and the marriage would produce a daughter named Margaret b. January 10, 1513 and a son named Frederick b. October 10, 1515, this is her last marriage and in this time she would have surviving children, her first child which was with the Prince of Asturias was stillborn.
Due to the marriage, Archduchess Margaret would give the duties of the regent of the Netherlands to her stepmother, Bianca Maria Sforza, in her tutelage Netherlands and Lombardy’s trade would flourish, although at times, Margaret would still visit and take care of the country, it would be Bianca Maria who would take care of the area until her death in 1520.
On 1517, the marriage would be rocky due to Frederick of Palatinate a love affair with Eleanor of Austria and Eleanor of Austria marrying Manuel I would mean that the marriage would be fine for years but Eleanor’s return in 1522 after the death of Manuel I would ruin the marriage and Margaret would focus as the regent of the Netherlands, but Eleanor would marry in 1529 to Francis I due to the peace of the two ladies and Frederick and Margaret would be told to unite afterwards by their nephew, Charles V, on 1544, he would be the Elector Palatine as Frederick II[1] and he would die in 1556 and Margaret would remain as regent of the Netherlands in 1560 up to her 80’s and chose to be buried in the church in Bourg en Bresse wherein her second husband was buried and her heart in Frederick II’s grave.
1. Frederick II is like the Henry Brandon of Germany.
Margaret of Austria, Electress Palatine
A more glorious marriage
On 1511, Archduchess Margaret would make her third and final marriage which would nullify her final vow regarding not marrying again after her previous husband the duke of Savoy died many years ago and on the end of 1511, the marriage between Frederick, duke of Palatinate and Archduchess Margaret was solemnized by a priest and given dispensation, both Margaret and the Duke Palatinate would have the custody of the children of her brother and rule Netherlands and Austria as the regents and the marriage would produce a daughter named Margaret b. January 10, 1513 and a son named Frederick b. October 10, 1515, this is her last marriage and in this time she would have surviving children, her first child which was with the Prince of Asturias was stillborn.
Due to the marriage, Archduchess Margaret would give the duties of the regent of the Netherlands to her stepmother, Bianca Maria Sforza, in her tutelage Netherlands and Lombardy’s trade would flourish, although at times, Margaret would still visit and take care of the country, it would be Bianca Maria who would take care of the area until her death in 1520.
On 1517, the marriage would be rocky due to Frederick of Palatinate a love affair with Eleanor of Austria and Eleanor of Austria marrying Manuel I would mean that the marriage would be fine for years but Eleanor’s return in 1522 after the death of Manuel I would ruin the marriage and Margaret would focus as the regent of the Netherlands, but Eleanor would marry in 1529 to Francis I due to the peace of the two ladies and Frederick and Margaret would be told to unite afterwards by their nephew, Charles V, on 1544, he would be the Elector Palatine as Frederick II[1] and he would die in 1556 and Margaret would remain as regent of the Netherlands in 1560 up to her 80’s and chose to be buried in the church in Bourg en Bresse wherein her second husband was buried and her heart in Frederick II’s grave.
1. Frederick II is like the Henry Brandon of Germany.
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