Queen Margaret

Queen Margaret of Germany, Countess of Bavaria (1506-1531) was a queen of Germany from 1525 to 1531 (her death). She was the mother of the famous Queen Snow White.

History
Queen Margaret's father was a brother to the Count of Bavaria. As she was the eldest unwed daughter of Bavaria, she was send to court with her uncle to woo King Filip of Germany. Although there was certainly no love between the two, they got along and because the King needed an heir they married. The marriage was purely political but fortunately, the Queen got pregnant within a month of marriage. Many enemies of the Queen claimed the child was not the king's, which made Queen Margaret unpopular. When the king was away at war with the English, Queen Margaret was poisoned with poisonous knitting needles. Many feared the Queen's life but when the child was born that night, she came out all healthy and luckily resembling her father very closely. Queen Margaret died of exhaustion and/or the poison shortly after naming her daughter Snow White.

Trivia

 * Her eldest granddaughter, Princess Margaret, was named after her.
 * In stead of grieving, King Filip attended the funeral with his daughter and immediately started looking for a new wife. He would remarry Queen Grimhilde four years after Margaret's death.