Cunégonde of Austria

Cunégonde of Austria (Wiener Neustadt, the March 16th 1465 - Püttrich, the August 6th 1520) was an archduchess of Austria, marries Albert IV, duke of Bavaria.

It is the girl of Frederic V, duke of Austria, and his wife Aliénor of Portugal.

In 1470, Matthias Ier of Hungary requires its hand, but his/her father refuses it to him. She marries Albert IV of Bavaria in 1487, against the will of her father, and exerts the Co-regency of the duchy until the majority of her son Guillaume IV. Thereafter, it leaves the court, but preserves a certain influence on the policy of Bavaria, by in particular obtaining measurements favorable to her other children. It remains until 1508 - date on which it is withdrawn with the convent of Püttrich - in relations followed with her brother Maximilien Ier, emperor of Austria, and another sovereigns of Europe.

It had eight children of her husband Albert IV:

Sidonie (May 1st, 1488 - March 27th, 1505)
Sibyl (June 16th, 1489 - April 18th, 1519), which marries in 1511 Louis V, Elector Palatine
Sabine (April 24th, 1492 - April 30th, 1564), which marries in 1511 Ulrich Ier, duke of Wurtemberg
Guillaume IV of Bavaria (November 13rd, 1493 - March 7th, 1550)
Louis X, duke of Bavaria (September 18th, 1495 - April 22nd, 1545)
Susanne (1499 - 1500)
Ernest (June 13rd, 1500 - 1560), archbishop of Salzburg of 1540 to 1554, then of Eichstädt until in 1560
Susanne (April 2nd, 1502 - April 23rd, 1543, which marries in 1518 Casimir, margrave de Brandebourg, then in 1529 Othon-Henri, Elector Palatine

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