Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürstin zu Sachsen

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Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz (Von Liegnitz), Herzogin zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürstin zu Sachsen

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Birthplace: Legnica, Schlesien, Deutschland(HRR)
Death: May 09, 1436 (63-64)
Trebitz, Sachsen-Wittenberg, Deutschland(HRR)
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Daughter of Rupert I legnicki of Legnica, książę and Hedwig de Glogau
Wife of Rudolf III von Sachsen-Wittenberg, Herzog zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürst zu Sachsen
Mother of Duchess Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg
Sister of Agnieszka of Legnica
Half sister of Anna of Poland; Cunigunde of Poland and Hedwig of Poland

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About Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürstin zu Sachsen

Rupert I of Legnica

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Marriage and Issue

By 10 February 1372, Rupert married with Hedwig (b. ca. 1350 - d. 27 March 1390), daughter of Henry V of Iron, Duke of Żagań and widow of King Casimir III the Great of Poland. They had two daughters:

Barbara (b. ca. 1384 - d. Trebitz, 9 May 1436), married on 6 March 1396 to Rudolph III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg and Elector of Saxony. Through this union, Rupert was a direct ancestor of the Kings of Denmark and the House of Gonzaga, rulers of Mantua and Montferrato.

Agnes (b. bef. 1385 - d. aft. 7 July 1411), a nun in Wroclaw.

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Barbara von Schlesien-Liegnitz, Herzogin zu Sachsen-Wittenberg und Kurfürstin zu Sachsen's Timeline

1372
1372
Legnica, Schlesien, Deutschland(HRR)
1405
1405
Dresden, Sachsen, Deutschland (HRR)
1436
May 9, 1436
Age 64
Trebitz, Sachsen-Wittenberg, Deutschland(HRR)
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