Johanna of Pfirt (1300–1351)

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Johanna of Pfirt (1300–1351)

Duchess of Austria. Name variations: Johanna von Pfirt; Jeannette de Ferette; Johanna of the Palatinate. Born in 1300 in Basel; died on November 15, 1351, in Vienna; married Albrecht also known as Albert II (1298–1358), duke of Austria (r. 1326–1358), duke of Carinthia (r. 1335); children: Rudolf IV (1339–1365); Albert III (d. 1395), duke of Austria; Catherine (1342–1387); Margaret (1346–1366, who married Meinhold of Tyrol); Frederick III (1347–1362), duke of Austria; Leopold III (1351–1386), duke of Austria.

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