Margaret of Brandenburg (1410 – 27 July 1465, Landshut) was a Princess of Brandenburg by birth and through successive marriages Duchess of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Countess of Waldenfels.
She married in 1423 Duke Albert V of Mecklenburg, but he died shortly after his marriage, even before they could begin living together. Margaret received as dowry Dömitz and Gorlosen from her father.[1]
On 20 July 1441 Margaret married Louis VIII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt (1403–1445), to secure peace in the land.[2] Through this marriage, Louis regained possessions he had lost to Elector Frederick I during the Bavarian War of 1420–1422.[3] Two children were born of this marriage. Both, however, died young.
In 1446, finally, Margaret secretly married her tutor, Count Martin of Waldenfels (d. 1471). This relationship has been incorporated into the tragedy Louis the BeardedbyGeorg Köberle, published in 1844.
Beatrix Schönewald (2004), "Die Herzoginnen von Bayern-Ingolstadt", Sammelblatt des Historischen Vereins Ingolstadt (in German), vol. 113, pp. 35–54, especially pp. 52–53
Bernhard Glasauer (2009), Herzog Heinrich XVI. (1393–1450) der Reiche von Bayern-Landshut. Territorialpolitik zwischen Dynastie und Reich (thesis), Münchner Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft (in German), vol. 5, München: Herbert Utz Verlag, ISBN978-3-8316-0899-7
Renate Kremer (2000), Die Auseinandersetzungen um das Herzogtum Bayern-Ingolstadt 1438–1450 (thesis), Schriftenreihe zur bayerischen Landesgeschichte (in German), vol. 113, München: C. H. Beck, ISBN3-406-10694-3
Theodor Straub (1992), "Die fünf Ingolstädter Herzoginnen", Bayern-Ingolstadt, Bayern-Landshut. 1392–1506. Glanz und Elend einer Teilung (in German), Ingolstadt: Stadtarchiv Ingolstadt, pp. 43–50, especially pp. 49–50, ISBN3-932113-06-3
