Hedwig of Münsterberg-Oels | |
Noble Family: | Poděbrady |
Father: | Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels |
Mother: | Anna of Sagan |
Issue: | Anna Maria, Duchess of Württemberg Sabina, Electress of Brandenburg |
Birth Date: | 10 or 12 June 1508 |
Birth Place: | Oleśnica, Silesia |
Death Place: | Legnica |
Hedwig of Munsterberg-Oels (Hedvika Minstrberská; 10/12 June 1508, Oleśnica – 28 November 1531, Legnica) was born Duchess of Münsterberg and Oleśnica and Countess of Kladsko and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach.
Hedwig was a daughter of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels, who was a grandson of the King George of Bohemia. Her mother was Anna of Sagan, a daughter of John II, the last Duke of Żagań (Sagan).
On 9 January 1525 Hedwig married George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach. She was George's second wife. The marriage produced two daughters:
Hedwig died in Legnica (Liegnitz), where she was buried.