Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria

Maria of Brabant (1226 – †January 18, 1256) was the first wife of Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Maria was also the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Princess Maria of Swabia, she was beheaded in orders of her husband after being accused of adultery. But there is no proof that that maria actually had commited adultery.

Early Life
Maria was born the year 1226, her mother was a German Princess and her father was the Duke of Brabant, Maria was the sister of Matilda of Brabant and Henry III, Duke of Brabant, not not much of Maria's youth is known, when her mother died, her father married Sophia of Thuringia, she gained two half siblings whom were Henry and Elizabeth.

Marriage to Louis of Bavaria
At the age of 28, Maria married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Louis was for years younger then Maria. Maria and Louis spent little time together and they were not close, they only married for 2 years.

Charges of adultery
Maria gained suspisions of adultery, in the 1200's adultery was taken seriously. It can be punished by death. Maria was scared when her husband put her on trial, Maria was found guilty of adultery and her death warren was signed by her husband.

Execution
Maria was let out of her prison in Donauwörth on †-January 18, 1256, she knelt down and the swordsman chopped her head off, beheading was the standard practice for woman who practiced adultery.

No evidence was ever found that Maria had actually practiced adultery, after her beheading her husband married Anna of Glogau, Maria was burried in Fürstenfeld Abbey.