Katharina of Hanau (26 March 1525 – 20 August 1581) was the eldest daughter of Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Juliana of Stolberg.
Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied | |
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| Born | 26 March 1525 |
| Died | 20 August 1581 (aged 56) |
| Noble family | House of Hanau |
| Spouse(s) | Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg |
| Father | Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg |
| Mother | Juliana of Stolberg |
Marriage and issue
editKatharina married in 1543 to Count Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (d. 15 June 1581).[1] In 1525, he was mentioned as a canon in Cologne;[2] he later reverted to the lay state. They had the following children:
- Herman I (d. 10 December 1581), succeeded his father 1581; married Countess Walpurga of Bentheim-Steinfurt
- Wilhelm (d. 1612), succeeded his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf, the so-called "Upper County of Wied"; married Countess Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg
- Juliane (1545–1606), married Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
- Magdalena (d. 13 October 1606), married to Count Siegmund of Hardegg (d. 1599)
- Anna (d. 1590), married to Johann Wilhelm of Rogendorff (d. 1590)
- Katharina (27 May 1552 – 13 November 1584), married to Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
- Agnes (d. 1 May 1581), married to Gottfried IV Schenk IV of Limpurg-Speckfeld-Obersontheim (d. 1581)
Ancestors
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References
edit- Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster, Zaltbommel, 1968
- Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
- Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted: 1978
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