Background
Margarete was a daughter of the Elector Ernest of Saxony (1441–1486) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1443–1484), a daughter of the Duke Albert III of Bavaria-Munich.
Margarete was a daughter of the Elector Ernest of Saxony (1441–1486) from his marriage to Elizabeth (1443–1484), a daughter of the Duke Albert III of Bavaria-Munich.
Margarete married on 27 February 1487 in Celle with Duke Henry I of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468–1532). Henry had already been sent to the Saxon court as a 12-year-old. Marriage negotiations presumably began in 1469, as Henry"s father, Otto V had formed an alliance with Margarete"s uncle William.
The Saxon side had delayed the marriage until the expansion of the Celle Castle was completed, as the district and castel of Celle had been promised to Margarete as her wittum.
Margarete died in 1528 and was buried in the Church of Saint Peter and Paul in Weimar. Anna (born: 1492; died young)
Elisabeth (1494–1572)
married in 1518 Duke Charles II of Guelders (1467–1538)
Otto I (1495–1549), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
married in 1525 Meta of Campe (died: 1580)
Ernest I the Confessor (1497–1546), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
married in 1528 Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg (1508–1541)
Apollonia (1499–1571), nun
Anna (1502–1568)
married in 1525 Duke Barnim IX of Pomerania (1501–1573)
Francis (1508–1549), Duke of Brunswick-Gifhorn
married in 1547 princess Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg (1518–1576).