Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria

Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria (Dutch: Sabina van Palts-Simmern; 1528–1578) was the daughter of John II, Count Palatine of Simmern and Beatrix of Baden.

Sabina
Duchess of Bavaria
Portrait of Duchess Sabina from the Recueil d'Arras, c. 1545
Born1528
Died1578
Burial
HusbandLamoral
FatherJohn II
MotherBeatrix

Marriage

In 1544 she married Lamoral, Count of Egmont with whom she had twelve children. When her husband was arrested and accused of treason in 1567, she wrote a letter to King Philip II, the King of Spain, to plead for his release. Her letter did not change her husband's fate and he was decapitated in the following year.

Children

  • Charles, 7th Count of Egmont, Prince de Gavre: married to Marie de Lens, Lady of Aubigny.

Widowhood

After her death in 1578, she was buried next to her husband in Egmont's crypt in Zottegem.

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