Noble family House of Guelph | Mother Maria of Wurttemberg | |
Spouse(s) John, Duke of Munsterberg-Oels Father Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Died 28 November 1580(1580-11-28)
Stauffenburg Name Margarete Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel | ||
Margarete of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1516 or 1517 – 28 October 1580, Stauffenburg) was a princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel by birth and by marriage Duchess of Munsterberg, Oels and Bernstadt.
Life
Margaret was the eldest child of the Duke Henry II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1489–1568) from his first marriage to Maria of Wurttemberg (1496–1541), daughter of Count Henry of Wurttemberg.
She married on 8 September 1561 in Olesnica Duke John of Munsterberg and Oels (1509–1565). With permission from the Estates, the castle and lordship of Frankenstein were reserved for Margarete as her Wittum. After four years of childless marriage, John died and Margarete's stepson Charles Christopher sold off Frankenstein. This caused a dispute between Margarate and Charles Christopher and his heirs, which was settled on 25 April 1577 by the intervention of Emperor Rudolf II in his capacity as King of Bohemia.
In the meantime, Margarete had returned to Brunswick. She lived at the court of her brother Julius until in 1569 he gave her the lordship and castle of Stauffenburg, where she devoted herself to the care of the poor and the sick and the needy.
She died on 28 October 1580 in Stauffenburg.