Background
Margaret was a daughter of the Duke Frederick II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1418–1478) from his marriage to Magdalene (1412–1454), the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg.
Margaret was a daughter of the Duke Frederick II of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1418–1478) from his marriage to Magdalene (1412–1454), the daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg.
In 1452, Margaret became the third wife of the Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Stargard (1412–1466). After her husband"s death, she lived on her jointure in Plau am See, which Henry had promised to her. Margaret then lived in Celle for a while.
The dispute between the houses of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Mecklenburg-Schwerin about her jointure at Plau am See dragged on until her death.
Margaret spent her 46-year-long widowhood in abject poverty. In letters to their relatives, they said that they would suffer even hunger and thirst.
In 1499 she was, under pressure from the Dukes of Brunswick, admitted as a permanent resident to Wienhausen Abbey. Magdalene (1454–1532)
married firstly, in 1475, with Duke Wartislaw X of Pomerania (1435–1478)
married secondly, in 1482, with Count Burkhard of Barby-Mühlingen (d 1505)
Anna (1465–1498), a nun in Ribnitz Monastery.
