Margaret of Bavaria, Duchess of Slavonia

Margaret of Bavaria (1321–1374) was the eldest child of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut.

In Ofen in 1351, Margaret married Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, the youngest son of King Charles I of Hungary and Elizabeth of Poland. The couple's first child, Elizabeth, was born the next year, and was followed by John in 1354. Upon Stephen's death the same year, John inherited the duchy, with Duchess Margaret as his guardian.^[1]

The Duchess remarried in 1356, choosing Gerlach von Hohenlohe as her second husband, but kept the regency over Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia. However, a war broke out between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Republic of Venice in the spring of the same year and the royal court decided to end the duchy's autonomy. Margaret was thus deprived of power. John, who had been recognised as heir presumptive of both Hungary and Poland, died in 1360.^[2]

She died in 1374 and was survived by her daughter and second husband.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Margaret of Bavaria, Duchess of Slavonia

16. Louis I, Duke of Bavaria               8. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria                       17. Ludmilla of Bohemia               4. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria                             18. Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine               9. Agnes of the Palatinate                       19. Agnes of Hohenstaufen               2. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor                                   20. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg               10. Rudolph I of Germany                       21. Hedwig of Kyburg               5. Matilda of Habsburg                             22. Burchard V, Count of Hohenberg               11. Gertrude of Hohenburg                       23. Matilda of Tübingen               1. Margaret of Bavaria                                         24. John I, Count of Hainaut               12. John II, Count of Hainaut                       25. Adelaide of Holland               6. William I, Count of Hainaut                             26. Henry V, Count of Luxembourg               13. Philippa of Luxembourg                       27. Margaret of Bar               3. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault                                   28. Philip III of France               14. Charles, Count of Valois                       29. Isabella of Aragon               7. Joan of Valois                             30. Charles II of Naples               15. Margaret, Countess of Anjou                       31. Mary of Hungary

References

1. Engel, p. 157.
2. Engel, 157-158.

Bibliography

• Engel, Pal (1999). Ayton, Andrew, ed. The realm of St. Stephen: a history of medieval Hungary, 895–1526 Volume 19 of International Library of Historical Studies. Penn State Press. ISBN 0-271-01758-9.