Background
She was the second daughter of Otto V the Long, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, by his wife Judith of Henneberg, daughter of Count Herman I, Count of Henneberg and heiress of Coburg and Schmalkalden.
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Matilda Brandenburg
Edit ProfileDuchess of Poland Duchess of Wrocław
Career
Family Matilda"s older sister Beatrice married Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Świdnica in 1284. The other two sisters are Kunigunde, who died unmarried, and Judith, who married Rudolph I, Duke of Saxe-Wittemberg in 1303. The marriage of Matilda"s sister into the Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty probably was instrumental to her own future wedding.
