Marie of Baden-Sponheim
Maria Jacobäa von Baden, wife of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria (Hans Schöpfer I)
Duchess consort of Bavaria
Tenure	5 October 1522 – 7 March 1550

Born	(1507-06-25)25 June 1507
Died	16 November 1580(1580-11-16) (aged 73) Munich, Bavaria
Spouse	William IV, Duke of Bavaria
Issue	Albert V, Duke of Bavaria Mechthild of Bavaria
House	House of Zähringen
Father	Philip I, Margrave of Baden
Mother	Elisabeth of the Palatinate

Marie Jakobaea of Baden-Sponheim (25 June 1507 – 16 November 1580) was a German noblewoman and duchess consort of Bavaria.

Life

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:

Theodor (1526–1534)
Albert V (1528–1579) ∞ 1546 Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528–1590)
Wilhelm (1529–1530)
Mechthild of Bavaria (1532–1565) ∞ 1557 Margrave Philibert of Baden-Baden (1536–1569)

Bibliography

Hans and Marga Rall: Die Wittelsbacher – Von Otto I. bis Elisabeth I., Weltbild (1994) ISBN 3-85001-485-1

Marie of Baden-Sponheim House of ZähringenBorn: 25 June 1507 Died: 16 November 1580 Royal titles Preceded byKunigunde of Austria Duchess consort of Bavaria 1522–1550 Succeeded byAnna of Austria

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Regintrud (? – c. 716; c. 716 – c. 719)
Waldrada (c. 716 – c. 719)
Pilithrude (c. 716 – c. 719)
Imma of Alamannia (c. 716 – c. 719)
Hiltrud (c. 741 – c. 748)
Liutperga (bef. 770 – 788)
Hemma (Queen: 827–876)
Liutgard of Saxony (Queen: 880–882)
Richardis (Queen: 882–887)
Cunigunde of Swabia (Margravine: ?–907)
Judith of Sülichgau (c. 910 – 937)
Biltrude (c. 938 – 947)
Judith (947–955)
Gisela of Burgundy (before 972–976, 985–995)
Cunigunde of Luxembourg (c. 1000 – 1004, 1009–1017)
Gunhilda of Denmark (1035/36–1038)
Judith of Schweinfurt (?–1053)
Richenza of Swabia (1061–1070)
Ethelinde of Northeim (c. 1070)
Judith of Flanders (1071–1077)
Bertha of Savoy (1077–1087)
Eupraxia of Kiev (1089–1096)
Matilda of Tuscany (1101–1115)
Wulfhilde of Saxony (1120–1126)
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1127–1138; 1142–1143)
Maria of Bohemia (1139–1141)
Theodora Komnene (1148–1156)
Clementia of Zähringen (1156–1162)
Matilda of England (1168–1180)
Agnes of Loon (1180–1183)
Ludmilla of Bohemia (1204–1231)
Agnes of the Palatinate (1231–1253)
Elizabeth of Hungary (Lower: 1253–1271)
Maria of Brabant (1254–1255; Upper: 1255–1256)
Anna of Glogau (Upper: 1260–1271)
Matilda of Habsburg (Upper: 1273–1294)
Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (Lower: 1290–1296)
Mechthild of Nassau (Upper: 1294–1317)
Jutta of Schweidnitz (Lower: 1297/99–1310)
Beatrice of Silesia (Upper: 1308/11–1322)
Agnes of Glogau (Lower: 1309–1312)
Margaret of Holland (Upper: 1324–1340; 1340–1347)
Anne of Austria (Lower: 1326/28–1333)
Margaret of Bohemia (Lower: 1328–1339)
Richardis of Jülich (Lower: c. 1330–1334)
Margarete Maultasch (1347–1349; Upper: 1349–1361)
Elisabeth of Sicily (1347–1349; Lower: 1349)
Cunigunde of Poland (1347–1357)
Maud of Lancaster (Lower: 1352–1353; Straubing: 1353–1362)
Margaret of Brieg (Straubing: 1353–1386)
Margarete of Nuremberg (Landshut: 1359–1375; Upper: 1363)
Ingeborg of Mecklenburg (1360–1365)
Margaret of Austria (Upper: 1361–1363)
Catherine of Bohemia (Landshut: 1366–1379)
Catherine of Gorizia (1375–1391)
Anna of Neuffen (1375–1381)
Taddea Visconti (1375–1381)
Maddalena Visconti (1381–1392; Landshut: 1392–1393)
Margaret of Austria (Landshut: 1393–1450; Ingolstadt: 1447)
Margaret of Cleves (Straubing: 1394–1404)
Elisabetta Visconti (Munich: 1397–1432; Straubing: 1429–1432)
Elisabeth of Cleves (Ingolstadt: 1401–1413)
Margaret of Burgundy (Straubing: 1404–1417)
Catherine of Alençon (Ingolstadt: 1413–1443)
Elizabeth of Görlitz (Straubing: 1418–1425)
Margaret of Cleves (Munich: 1433–1435; Straubing: 1433–1435)
Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (Munich: 1438–1460)
Margaret of Brandenburg (Ingolstadt: 1443–1445)
Amalia of Saxony (Landshut: 1452–1479)
Hedwig Jagiellon (Landshut: 1479–1502)
Kunigunde of Austria (Munich: 1487–1505; 1505–1508)
Marie of Baden-Sponheim (1522–1550)
Anna of Austria (1550–1579)
Renata of Lorraine (1579–1597)
Elisabeth of Lorraine (1597–1623)

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