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Margaret of Opava

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Name
  
Margaret Opava


Issue
  
Jobst of Moravia, King of Romans

House
  
House of Premyslid - Opavian branch

Died
  
1363, Brno, Czech Republic

Spouse
  
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia

Father
  
Nicholas II, Duke of Opava

Children
  
Jobst of Moravia, Elisabeth of Moravia

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Margaret of Opava (Czech: Markéta Opavská, Silesian: Margaret s Uopawje, German: Margaret von Troppau, Polish: Małgorzata opawska; 1330–1363) was the youngest daughter of Nicholas II of Opava, (grandson of Přemysl II, Otakar, King of Bohemia) and his third wife Anna of Racibórz. She became Margravine consort of Moravia by her marriage to John Henry of Moravia (1353).

Margaret was buried in Saint Thomas, Brno.

Children

The couple had six children:

  • Catherine of Moravia (March 1353 – 1378), consort of Henry, Duke of Falkenberg
  • Jobst of Moravia (1351 – 18 January 1411), King of the Romans
  • Elizabeth of Moravia/Elizabeth of Meissen (1355 – 20 November 1400). Married William I, Margrave of Meissen.
  • Anne, married Peter of Sterberg.
  • John Sobieslaw of Moravia (Oktober 1357 – 12 Oktober 1394), Patriarch of Aquilea
  • Prokop of Moravia (November 1358 – September 1305), (titular, not ruling) Margrav of Moravia

    • References

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