Margarete of Saxony was a Saxon

Electorate of Saxony

The Electorate of Saxony , sometimes referred to as Upper Saxony, was a State of the Holy Roman Empire. It was established when Emperor Charles IV raised the Ascanian duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg to the status of an Electorate by the Golden Bull of 1356...

 princess of the Ernestine line of the house Wettin

Wettin

Wettin is:*House of Wettin, a German Royal House*Wettin Castle, near Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, ancestral seat of the House of Wettin*Asteroid 90709 Wettin, named in the castle's and House's honour...

 by birth and by marriage a Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Brunswick-Lüneburg

The Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg , or more properly Duchy of Brunswick and Lüneburg, was an historical ducal state from the late Middle Ages until the late Early Modern era within the North-Western domains of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, in what is now northern Germany...

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Life

Margarete was a daughter of the Elector Ernest of Saxony

Ernest, Elector of Saxony

Ernst, Elector of Saxony was Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486.-Biography:Ernst was founder of the Ernestine line of Saxon princes, ancestor of George I of Great Britain, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as well as his wife and cousin Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and their...

 (1441-1486) from his marriage to Elizabeth

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony

Elisabeth of Bavaria-Munich was a princess of Bavaria-Munich by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.- Life :...

 (1443-1484), a daughter of the Duke Albert III of Bavaria-Munich

Albert III, Duke of Bavaria

Albert III the Pious of Bavaria-Munich , , since 1438 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. He was born to Ernest, Duke of Bavaria and Elisabetta Visconti, daughter of Bernabò Visconti.-Life:Albert was born in Munich....

. Her brothers Frederick the Wise and John the Steadfast

John, Elector of Saxony

John of Saxony , known as John the Steadfast or John the Constant, was Elector of Saxony from 1525 until 1532...

 were Electors of Saxony; her sister Christina

Christina of Saxony

Christina of Saxony , was a Saxon princess who became Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. She was born a granddaughter of Frederick the Gentle of Saxony, and daughter of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria.-Biography:She was married to John, King of Denmark, Norway and...

 was Queen of Denmark.

Margarete married on 27 February 1487 in Celle

Celle

Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...

 with Duke Henry I of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry I of Lüneburg

Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was Prince of Lüneburg from 1486 to 1520.-Life:Henry of Brunswick-Lüneburg, the son of Otto V of Lüneburg and Anna of Nassau, was born in 1468. In 1486, Henry took control of Lüneburg from his mother, who had been regent since the death of Henry’s...

 (1468-1532). Henry had already been sent to the Saxon court as a 12-year-old. Marriage negotiations presumably began in 1469, as Henry's father, Otto V

Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Otto, called the Victorious or the Magnanimous , was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Lüneburg from 1457 to his death. He shared the principality with his brother, Bernard, until Bernard's death in 1464....

 had formed an alliance with Margarete's uncle William. The Saxon side had delayed the marriage until the expansion of the Celle Castle

Celle Castle

Celle Castle or, less commonly, Celle Palace, in the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony was one of the residences of the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

 was completed, as the district and castel of Celle had been promised to Margarete as her wittum

Wittum

Wittum , Widum or Witthum is a medieval Latin legal term, known in marital and ecclesiastical law.- Provide for a widow at the wedding :...

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Margarete died in 1528 and was buried in the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Weimar

Weimar

Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...

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Issue

• Anna (born: 1492; died young)
• Elizabeth (1494-1572)

married in 1518 Duke Charles II of Guelders (1467-1538)

• Otto I
  Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Harburg
  Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1520 to 1527 and Baron of Harburg from 1527 to 1549.- Life :Otto was born on 24 August 1495 as the eldest son of Henry the Middle and his wife, Margarete of Saxony...
  
   (1495-1549), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

married in 1525 Meta of Campe (died: 1580)

• Erenst I the Confessor
  Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg , also frequently called Ernest the Confessor, was duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a champion of the protestant cause during the early years of the Protestant Reformation...
  
   (1497-1546), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

married in 1528 Princess Sophia of Mecklenburg (1508-1541)

• Apollonia (1499-1571), nun
• Anna (1502-1568)

married in 1525 Duke Barnim IX of Pomerania (1501-1573)

• Francis
  Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
  Francis of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the youngest son of Henry the Middle. Following a thirty-year joint reign of Brunswick-Lüneburg with his brother Ernest the Confessor, he ruled the newly-founded Duchy of Gifhorn from Gifhorn Castle for over 10 years from 1539 until his death in 1549...
  
  (1508-1549), Duke of Brunswick-Gifhorn

married in 1547 princess Clara of Saxe-Lauenburg (1518-1576)