Margaret of Cleves, Duchess of Bavaria-Munich

For other people of this name, see Margaret of Cleves (disambiguation).

Margaret of Cleves (1416–1444) was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife Marie of Burgundy. She married

William III, Duke of Bavaria (1375–1435), having two children with him:
- Adolph (1434–1441);
- William (1435);
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (1413–1480), having one child with him
- Catharina (1441–1497) - became a Premonstratensian then a Dominican nun in Würzburg, then finally ending up in the monastery under the protection of bishop Rudolf van Würzburg

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