Sabina of Bavaria

Sabina of Bavaria
Duchess consort of Württemberg
Portrait of Duchess Sabina of Bavaria by Barthel Beham, 1530
Tenure	1511–1550
Born	24 April 1492
Died	30 August 1564
Spouse	Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg
Issue	Christoph, Duke of Württemberg Anna of Württemberg
House	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Kunigunde of Austria

Sabina of Bavaria-Munich (24 April 1492 – 30 August 1564) was born Duchess of Bavaria and became wife of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg.

Biography

Family

Sabina was the daughter of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Kunigunde of Austria, daughter of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor and Leonor of Portugal.

Marriage

Sabina was promised at the age of six years for strategic reasons by her uncle, King Maximilian I, to Ulrich of Württemberg to whom she was married 15 years later. This marriage was unhappy because of Ultich's tendency to violence, so that Sabina was ultimately forced to flee from Württemberg without her two children and seek shelter with her brothers in Munich.

When in 1551 her son Christoph inherited the throne of Württemberg, Sabina moved to Nürtingen, which was then the official widow's residence of the Württembergs. There she led a small court and being an educated woman turned it into a meeting place for Württemberg Protestantism.

With Ulrich of Württemberg she had two children: Christoph, Duke of Württemberg (12 May 1515 – 28 December 1568), and Anna (30 January 1513 – 29 June 1530).

Ancestors

**Sabina's ancestors in three generations**
Sabina of Bavaria	Father: Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria	Paternal Grandfather: Albert III, Duke of Bavaria	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ernest, Duke of Bavaria
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Elisabetta Visconti
		Paternal Grandmother: Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck	Paternal Great-grandfather: Erich I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen
	Mother: Kunigunde of Austria	Maternal Grandfather: Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ernest, Duke of Austria
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Cymburgis of Masovia
		Maternal Grandmother: Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress	Maternal Great-grandfather: Edward of Portugal
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Leonor of Aragon

External links

(German) Portrait and biography

Duchesses of Bavaria by birth

1st generation	Duchess Sidonie Sibylle, Electress Palatine Sabina, Duchess of Württemberg Duchess Susanne Susanna, Electress Palatine

2nd generation	Mechthild, Margravine of Baden-Baden

3rd generation	Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria Duchess Maximiliana Maria

4th generation	Duchess Christiane Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria Duchess Eleonore Magdalene Magdalene, Countess Palatine of Neuburg

5th generation	Duchess Marie Renate

6th generation	Maria Anna Victoria, Dauphine of France Duchess Luise Margarete Antonie Violante Beatrice, Grand Princess of Tuscany

7th generation	Duchess Maria Anna Karoline

8th generation	Duchess Maximiliane¹ Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony¹ Duchess Therese Benedikta¹ Maria Anna Josepha, Margravine of Baden-Baden¹ Maria Josepha, Holy Roman Empress¹

¹also Princess of Bavaria

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 165730742 ISNI: 0000 0001 1346 3432 GND: 132802430 SUDOC: 123621003

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