Margaret II of Hainaut
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Margaret II of Avesnes was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland from 1345 to 1356. She was Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Germany by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian.
Seal of Empress Margaret
15th century depiction of Margaret as countess
Albert I of Bavaria
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Albert I, Duke of Lower Bavaria was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally, he held a portion of the Bavarian province of Straubing, his Bav
Margaret II of Hainaut
…kept Brandenburg and Tyrol, his younger brothers Louis VI the Roman and Otto V the Bavarian received Upper Bavaria. While Stephen II, William I and Albert I received Lower Bavaria, Holland and Hainaut. Louis V and Stephen were the stepsons of Margaret from her husband's first wife, and her youngest sons…
Seal of 1363
Silver groat or 'voetdrager', struck under Albert of Bavaria. Mintplace: Dordrecht 1389-1404.
The Trinity with Albrecht of Bavaria (1400–1404).