Margaret of Opava
Mother of King of Germany
About Margaret of Opava
Lived 1330 – 1363 (aged 32–33).
Margaret of Opava (Czech: Markéta Opavská, Silesian: Margaret s Uopawje, German: Margaret von Troppau, Polish: Małgorzata opawska; 1330–1363) was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II of Opava, (grandson of Přemysl II, Otakar, King of Bohemia) and his third wife Anna of Racibórz. She became Margravine consort of Moravia by her marriage to John Henry of Moravia.
Margaret was buried in Saint Thomas, Brno.
Children The couple had six children: Catherine of Moravia (March 1353 – 1378), consort of Henry, Duke of Falkenberg Jobst of Moravia (1351 – 18 January 1411), King of the Romans Elizabeth of Moravia/Elizabeth of Meissen (1355 – 20 November 1400). Married William I, Margrave of Meissen. Anne, married Peter of Sterberg. John Sobieslaw of Moravia (October 1357 – 12 October 1394), (titular, not ruling) Margrave of Moravia Prokop of Moravia (November 1358 – September 1405), (titular, not ruling) Margrave of Moravia
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Who was Margaret of Opava?
Mother of King of Germany
When was Margaret of Opava born?
Margaret of Opava was born in 1330 in Opava.
When did Margaret of Opava die?
Margaret of Opava died in 1363 in Brno.
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