Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels

(m. 1525)

IssueAnna Maria, Duchess of Württemberg
Sabina, Electress of BrandenburgFatherCharles I, Duke of Münsterberg-OelsMotherAnna of Sagan

Hedwig of Munsterberg-Oels (Czech: Hedvika Minstrberská; 10/12 June 1508, Oleśnica – 28 November 1531, Legnica) was born Duchess of Münsterberg and Oleśnica and Countess of Kladsko and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach.

Hedwig was a daughter of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, who was a grandson of the King George of Bohemia. Her mother was Anna of Sagan, a daughter of John II, the last Duke of Żagań (Sagan).

On 9 January 1525 Hedwig married George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach. She was George's second wife. The marriage produced two daughters:

Anna Maria (1526–1589) married in 1544 Duke Christoph of Württemberg (1515–1568)
Sabina (1529–1575) married in 1548 Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg (1525–1598)

Hedwig died in Legnica (Liegnitz), where she was buried.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels

8. George of Poděbrady

4. Henry the Elder of Munsterberg

9. Kunigunde of Sternberg

2. Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

10. Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg

5. Ursula of Brandenburg

11. Margarete of Baden

1. Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels

12. Jan I of Żagań

6. Jan II the Mad

13. Scholastika of Saxe-Wittenberg

3. Anna of Sagan

14. William, Duke of Opava

7. Catherine of Opava

15. Salomena z Častolovic

References

Norbert Sack, Harald Stark et al.: Three Weddings ... and a schism - Margrave George the Pious and his time. Written for the special exhibition at the Plassenburg (17 May - 4 October 2009).