Sabina of Bavaria

Sabina of Bavaria
Portrait by Barthel Beham, 1530
Duchess consort of Württemberg
Tenure	2 March 1511 - January 1519
Tenure	May 1534 - 6 November 1550
Born	24 April 1492
Died	30 August 1564(1564-08-30) (aged 72)
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 Duchess consort of Württemberg by marriage to 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 Eleanor of Portugal.

Duchess consort

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 Ulrich'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's Protestants.

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: Eric I, Duke 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

• (in German) Portrait and biography