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Margaret of Bavaria (7 November 1456, Amberg – 1501, Heidelberg) was a princess of Bavaria-Landshut and by marriage Princess of the Palatinate. == Life == Margaret was a daughter of the Duke Louis IX "the Rich" of Bavaria-Landshut (1417–1479) from his marriage to Amalia of Saxony (1436–1501), daughter of Elector Frederick II of Saxony She married 1474, with an elaborately celebration in Amberg (the "Amberg Wedding") the Philip, who later became Elector Palatine Philip the upright (1448–1508). He had earlier turned down the marriage candidates such as Mary of Burgundy and Anna, heiress of the county of Katzenelnbogen. More than 1,000 guests were present at the wedding, including 14 ruling princes. Large quantities of food were consumed, in addition to 110,000 liters of wine〔Peter Jeschke, Michael Matheus: ''Rural sources of law from the Kurmainzer Rheingau'', Volume 54, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003〕 as well as 10,000 chickens.〔Rösener Werner, Carol Fey: ''Court and religious culture in the late Middle Ages'', Oxford University Press, 2008, p. 155 ff〕 Two years after the marriage of Philip became Elector of the Palatinate. In 1482 Margaret left Heidelberg, fleeing from the plague, for Winzingen Castle, where she gave birth to Frederick, who later became Elector Frederick II.〔Franz Weiss: ''The picturesque and romantic Palatinate'', A.H. Gottschick, 1840, p. 62〕 Thanks to his wife, Philip had a good relationship with her brother Duke George the rich, whose children married in 1499. The dynastic union was the starting point of political and military cooperation between Bayern-Landshut and the Palatinate.〔Susanne Wolf: ''The dual reign of Emperor Frederick III and King Maximilian (1486–1493)'', Böhlau Verlag, Cologne and Weimar 2005, p. 81〕 George, who had no male heir of his own, bequeathed his territory to his son in law and the son of his sister. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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