Margaret of Cleves (c. 137514 May 1411) was a German noblewoman. A daughter of Adolph III, Count of Mark and Margaret of Jülich (making her sister to Adolph I), in 1394 she became the second wife of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, though the marriage remained childless.[1] The couple held court in The Hague.

Margaret is also well known for her contributions as patron of the arts - especially for the renowned Book of Hours, the Hours of Margaret of Cleves.[2][3][4]

Ancestors

References

  1. Brandsma, Margreet (January 2018). "Riches and Power? Princely Widows in the Burgundian Period: The Case of Margaret of Burgundy (1374-1441)". The Medieval Low Countries. 5: 39–122. doi:10.1484/j.mlc.5.116542. ISSN 2295-3493.
  2. Silver, Larry (1993-12-01). "Court and Culture. Dutch Literature, 1350-1450". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 24 (4): 1042–1043. doi:10.2307/2541700. ISSN 0361-0160. JSTOR 2541700.
  3. Sand, Alexa (2014-03-31). Vision, Devotion, and Self-Representation in Late Medieval Art. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-72937-7.
  4. Marrow, James H. (1996). "Art and Experience in Dutch Manuscript Illumination around 1400: Transcending the Boundaries". The Journal of the Walters Art Gallery. 54: 101–117. ISSN 0083-7156. JSTOR 20169112.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.