  margaret of austria (ca. 1204 &ndash; krumau am kamp, 29 october 1266), was a queen consort of the romans 1225â35, titular duchess of austria in 1252â60, and queen consort of bohemia 1253â60. she was the eldest daughter of leopold vi, duke of austria, and theodora angelina, a member of the byzantine imperial family. ==first marriage== in nÃ¼rnberg, on 29 november 1225, the 21-year-old margaret married the 14-year-old henry, king-elect of germany ("king of the romans") and eldest son of emperor frederick ii. her coronation took place on 23 march 1227 in aachen. king henry and queen margaret had two short-lived sons, henry (died ca. 1242/1245) and frederick (died ca. 1251/1252). in 1235, henry rebelled against his father, but was defeated and dethroned. confined in several castles in apulia, he died possibly on 12 february 1242 after a fall from his horse, in a possible attempted suicide. in the meanwhile, margaret (who possibly never saw her husband again) moved to wÃ¼rzburg, where she lived in seclusion in the markuskloster. == claim to austria and styria == margaret's brother frederick ii, duke of austria, last duke from the babenberg dynasty, died childless in the battle of leitha (1246), leaving a succession crisis. the two principal claimants over the succession in the duchies of austria and styria were the husbands of two women: the husband of margaret (who, as the eldest sister of the late duke, claimed proximity of blood) and the husband of margaret's niece gertrude, who claimed primogeniture, as the only daughter of henry of mÃ¶dling, the eldest brother of duke frederick ii (who had predeceased his father, duke leopold vi). wenceslaus i, king of bohemia wanted to take control over the duchies by the wedding of his eldest son and heir, vladislav with gertrude. the couple were proclaimed duke and duchess of austria, but vladislav died in the following year (1247). the next ruler of austria was gertr
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