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See also:AGNES See also:BERNAUER (d. 1435) , daughter of an See also:Augsburg See also:baker, was secretly married about 1432 to See also:Albert (1401—1460), son of Ernest, See also:duke of See also:Bavaria-See also:Munich . Ignorant of the fact that this See also:union was a lawful one, Ernest urged his son to marry, and reproached him with his connexion with See also:Agnes . Albert then declared she was his lawful wife; and subsequently, during his See also:absence, she was seized by See also:order of Duke Ernest and condemned to See also:death for See also:witchcraft . On the 12th of See also:October 1435 she was drowned in the See also:Danube near See also:Straubing, in which See also:town her remains were afterwards buried by Albert . This See also:story lived See also:long in the memory of the See also:people, and its See also:chief See also:interest lies in its See also:literary associations . It has afforded material for several dramas, and Adolf B6ttger, See also:Friedrich Ilcbbcl and See also:Otto See also:Ludwig have each written one entitled Agnes See also:Bernauer . |
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