Margareta of Toszek

Tombstone of Margareta of Toszek.

Margareta of Toszek (Polish: Małgorzata Toszecka; 1467/68 – 8 November 1531), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Oświęcim branch.

He was the only child of Duke Przemysław of Toszek by his wife Margareta, daughter of Duke Nicholas I of Opole.

Life

Around 1481 or 1482 Margareta entered as a nun in the monastery of St. Klara in Wrocław. In February 1508 she was elected as the Abbess. Margareta held this post until 3 February 1515; however, six months later, on 27 August 1515, she was elected again as Abbess, this time until her death. She was buried in the Piast Mausoleum of St. Klara in Wrocław.