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Encyclopedia > Margarethe of Saxony

Margarethe of Saxony (born 1449 in Weimar, died 13 July 1501 in Spandau) was a German noblewoman. Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Insert non-formatted text here July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... 1501 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the 1980s New Wave group, see Spandau Ballet. ...


She was the daughter of Wilhelm "der Tapfere" and Anna von Hapsburg. William the Brave (April 30, 1430 – September 17, 1482), (in German Wilhelm der Tapfere), was Landgrave of Thuringia and Duke of Luxemburg. ... Anne of Luxembourg (1432 – 1462) was a German noblewoman, a member of both the houses of Hapsburg and Luxembourg. ...


Family and children

On 15 August 1476, in Berlin, she married Johann Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. They had the following children: August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... Berlin is the capital city and a state of Germany. ... John or Johann Cicero Hohenzollern, elector of Brandenburg was born 1455. ... The Margrave of Brandenburg was one of the seven Electors of the Holy Roman Empire created by the Golden Bull of 1356. ...

  1. Wolfgang, born and died 1482.
  2. Joachim I Nestor (21 February 148411 July 1535), Elector Brandenburg.
  3. Elisabeth, born and died 1486.
  4. Albert (1490, Berlin–24 September 1545, Mainz), Cardinal since 1518, Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1513-14, Archbishop of Mainz in 1514-45.
  5. Anna (27 August 1487, Berlin–3 May 1514, Kiel), married 10 April 1502 to King Frederick I of Denmark.
  6. Ursula (17 October 148818 September 1510, Güstrow), married 16 February 1507 to Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ... Joachim I Nestor Hohenzollern (1484 - 1535) was an elector of Brandenburg, acceded 1499. ... February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 25 - Peter Arbues, chief of the Spanish Inquisition, is assassinated when he is praying in the cathedral at Saragossa, Spain July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies. ... Cardinal Albert of Hohenzollern, Archbishop of Mainz and Magdeburg: engraved portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 Cardinal Albert of Hohenzollern (German: Albrecht; June 28, 1490 in Cölln – September 24, 1545 in Aschaffenburg), Elector and Archbishop of Mainz and Archbishop of Magdeburg, was the younger son of John Cicero, Elector... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Battle of Kawagoe - between two branches of Uesugi families and the late Hojo clan in Japan. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire lying around Magdeburg along the Elbe River. ... Between 780/82 AD and 1802 AD the Archbishop of Mainz, was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince of the middle ages. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kiel ( ) is a city in northern Germany and the capital of the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein. ... April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... King Frederick I. Frederick I of Denmark and Norway (October 7, 1471 – April 10, 1533) was the son of the first Oldenburg King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1426-1481) and of Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430-1495). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1510 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Güstrow is a town in the Land of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Genetics

As a matrilineal relative of Elisabeth of Luxembourg and ultimately of Nicholas II of Russia, she and all her female-line descendants are members of mitochondrial haplogroup T. Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to ones mothers lineage; it may also involve the inheritance of property or titles through the female line. ... Empress and Queen Elisabeth (1409 – 25 December 1442) was the only daughter of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary, by his second wife Barbara of Celje. ... Nicholas II of Russia (May 6 (O.S.)/May 18 (N.S.) 1868–July 17, 1918) (Russian: , Nikolay II) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland. ... In cell biology, a mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes. ... A haplogroup is a large group of haplotypes, which are series of alleles at specific locations on the chromosome. ... Haplogroup T is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup. ...


 

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