Margaret, Duchess of Austria
| Margaret of Austria | |
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| Queen consort of Germany | |
| Tenure | 1225–1235 |
| Duchess consort of Austria | |
| Tenure | 1252–1260 |
| Queen consort of Bohemia | |
| Tenure | 1253–1260 |
| Born | c. 1204 |
| Died | 29 October 1266 (aged 61–62) |
| Spouse |
Henry (VII) of Germany Ottokar II of Bohemia |
| Issue | Henry of Germany Frederick of Germany |
| House | House of Babenberg |
| Father | Leopold VI, Duke of Austria |
| Mother | Theodora Angelina |
Margaret of Austria (ca. 1204 – Krumau am Kamp, 29 October 1266), was a Queen Consort of the Romans 1225–35, titular Duchess of Austria in 1252–60, and Queen consort of Bohemia 1253–60.
She was the eldest daughter of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, and Theodora Angelina, a member of the Byzantine Imperial family.
In Nürnberg, on 29 November 1225, the 21-year-old Margaret married the 14-year-old Henry, King-elect of Germany ("King of the Romans") and eldest son of Emperor Frederick II. Her coronation took place on 23 March 1227 in Aachen. King Henry and Queen Margaret had two short-lived sons, Henry (died ca. 1242/1245) and Frederick (died ca. 1251/1252).
In 1235, Henry rebelled against his father, but was defeated and dethroned. Confined in several castles in Apulia, he died possibly on 12 February 1242 after a fall from his horse, in a possible attempted suicide. In the meanwhile, Margaret (who possibly never saw her husband again) moved to Würzburg, where she lived in seclusion in the Markuskloster.
Margaret's brother Frederick II, Duke of Austria, last Duke from the Babenberg dynasty, died childless in the Battle of Leitha (1246), leaving a succession crisis. The two principal claimants over the succession in the duchies of Austria and Styria were the husbands of two women: the husband of Margaret (who, as the eldest sister of the late Duke, claimed proximity of blood) and the husband of Margaret's niece Gertrude, who claimed primogeniture, as the only daughter of Henry of Mödling, the eldest brother of Duke Frederick II (who had predeceased his father, Duke Leopold VI).
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