Brief Life History of Margaret of Brieg
When Margaret of Brieg Piast was born in 1341, in Silesia, Prussia, Germany, her father, Ludwig I. Herzog von Brieg-Liegnitz, was 21 and her mother, Agnes von Glogau, was 20. She married Albrecht I. Herzog von Bayern-Straubing after 19 July 1353. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 March 1386, in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 45, and was buried in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.
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- Margarete of Liegnitz-Brieg, "Find A Grave Index"
- Malgorzata Margareta Margaretha Wittelsbach (born van Silezie Brieg)
- International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current
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Name Meaning
North German: occupational name from Middle Low German pravest ‘provost’. See also Provost .
German: nickname for an ostentatious person, from Middle High German brast ‘pageantry, show, display’.
Austrian German: dialect form of Propst .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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