Statue af Margaretha af Østrig - Mechelen

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På Mechelske Skoenmarked står statuen af Margareta af Østrig. Hun var en af de vigtigste skikkelser i Mechelske historie.

Under hende oplevede byen en stor blomstringstid. Mechelen var dengang både rettersted og administrativ hovedstad i Nederlandene.

Hun blev født i Bruxelles i 1480. Hendes forældre var ikke af de ringeste: kejser Maximilian I af Østrig og Maria af Bourgogne.

Hendes første mand, Juan af Aragon-Castillon, tronfølger til Spanien, døde kun få måneder efter ægteskabet i 1497 af tuberkulose. Oven i købet fødte Margareta en dødfødt datter. Flere år senere (1501) giftede hun sig igen med Philibert II, hertug af Savoy. Tre år efter døde hendes elskede ægtefælle på grund af overdreven indtagelse af iskoldt vand efter en jagt på en varm dag.

Margareta forblev enke resten af sit liv. Hun bearbejdede sine sorger i fransksproget poesi.

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