Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal

Agnes of Bavaria
Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal
Spouse(s)	Henry the Younger of Hesse Henry I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach House of Hesse by marriage House of Ascania by marriage
Father	Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Matilda of Habsburg
Born	1276
Died	1345

Agnes of Bavaria (1276-1345) was a daughter of Duke Louis II of Upper Bavaria (1229–1294) and his third wife, Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304).

In 1290, in Donauwörth, she married Henry "the Younger" of Hesse (1265 - 23 August 1298^[1]), a son of Landgrave Henry I of Hesse (1244–1308). They had at least one child:

• Agnes, married to Gerlach I, Count of Nassau (c.1285-1361).

In 1303, she remarried to Margrave Henry I of Brandenburg-Stendal (1256–1318). From her second marriage, she had three children:

• Henry II "the Child" (1308-1320).
• Sophia (1300-1356), heiress of Landsberg and the County Palatine of Saxony, married in 1327 to Duke Magnus of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1304–1369).
• Judith/Jutta (b.1302-b.1330), married in 1318 to Duke Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (b.1296–a.1351).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal

Otto I, Duke of Bavaria               Louis I, Duke of Bavaria                       Agnes of Loon               Otto II, Duke of Bavaria                             Frederick, Duke of Bohemia               Ludmilla of Bohemia                       Elizabeth of Hungary               Louis II, Duke of Bavaria                                   Henry the Lion               Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine                       Matilda of England               Agnes of the Palatinate                             Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (Hohenstaufen)               Agnes of Hohenstaufen Countess Palatine of the Rhine                       Irmingard of Henneberg daughter of Bertold I of Henneberg, Count of Würzburg               Agnes of Bavaria Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal                                         Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg               Albert IV, Count of Habsburg                       Agnes of Staufen (de)               Rudolph I of Germany                             Ulrich, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen               Heilwig of Kiburg                       Anna von Zähringen               Matilda of Habsburg                                   Burckhard IV, Count of Hohenberg (de)               Burckhard V, Count of Hohenberg (de)                       Wilipirg von Aichelberg ?               Gertrude of Hohenburg                             Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen               Mechtild of Tübingen                       a daughter of Margrave Heinrich of Ronsberg

References

1. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HESSEN.htm#Heinrichdied1298