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Mathilde Brandenburg Edit Profile

Duke of Brunswick Margrave of Brandenburg

Matilda of Brandenburg was a daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg, and Matilda of Lusatia.

Background

In 1228 she married Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a son of William of Winchester.

Career

She died on 10 June 1261 in Lüneburg. Mathilde and Otto had the following known children:

Elizabeth (died 1266), married William II of Holland

Helen (died 1273), married Albert I, Duke of Saxony and Hermann II, Landgrave of Thuringia

Adelaide (died 1274), married Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse

Matilda (died around 1295), married Henry II, Prince of Anhalt-Aschersleben

Agnes, married Wizlaw II, Duke of Rügeneral

Albert (died 1279)

John (died 1277)

Otto, Bishop of Hildesheim (died 1279)

Conrad, Prince-Bishop of Verden (died 1300).