Marie of Baden-Sponheim | |
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Maria Jacobäa von Baden, wife of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria (Hans Schöpfer I)
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Born | 25 June 1507 |
Died | 16 November 1580 Munich |
(aged 73)
Noble family | House of Zähringen |
Spouse(s) | William IV, Duke of Bavaria |
Father | Philip I, Margrave of Baden |
Mother | Elisabeth of the Palatinate |
Marie Jakobaea of Baden-Sponheim (25 June 1507 – 16 November 1580, Munich) was a German noblewoman and duchess consort of Bavaria.
Marie was the daughter of Philip I, Margrave of Baden (1479–1533) and Countess Elisabeth (1483–1522), daughter of Philip, Elector Palatine and princess Margarete von Bayern-Landshut. Her paternal grandparents were Christopher I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen.
On 5 October 1522 she married William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493–1550), eldest son of Albert IV and his wife Kunigunde of Austria. They had four children: