Beheaded for adultery
Sie ist verheiratet mit Ludwig von BAVARIA.
Sie haben geheiratet am 2. August 1254, sie war 28 Jahre alt.
Maria of Brabant (1226-1256) was a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Maria of Swabia. She married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, being the first of three wives.
Maria was the fifth of six children born to Duke Henry by his first wife. Her mother Maria was a daughter of Philip of Swabia. Maria's siblings included Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Brabant. After the death of her mother, her father remarried to Sophie of Thuringia, from this marriage she gained two half-siblings including Henry I of Hesse.
Maria was most likely betrothed in 1247 to Prince Edward, son of Henry III of England. The betrothal of one of the daughters of Henry II Duke of Brabant to Edward is recorded by Matthew Paris. It is not certain that Maria was the daughter in question. However, she is the most likely candidate as her two older sisters were already married and her younger half-sister was only an infant at the time. However negotiations came to nothing.
On 2 August 1254, Maria was married to Louis II, Duke of Bavaria. The couple were married for only two years, in which time they had no children.
Maria was executed by beheading in Donauwörth in 1256, after being accused of adultery by her husband, following the standard practice for women found guilty of adultery; however, proof of guilt of adultery on her part could never be validated. As expiation, Louis founded the Cistercian friary Fürstenfeld Abbey (Fürstenfeldbruck) near Munich.
SOURCE: Wikipedia
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