Catharina of Zehmen

Catherina von Zehmen (* 1513 ; † September 20, 1558 in Mohrungen ), ancestor of all Prussian Dohnas, married to Peter Burggraf zu Dohna

Catharina zu Dohna, b. von Zehmen, daughter of Achaz vZ

Peter Burggraf zu Dohna, husband of Catharina v. Take

Life

She came from the old Meissen-Saxon noble family von Zehmen . Her father Achatius von Zehmen was a Polish civil servant and diplomat and an important advisor to Duke Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach . Her mother was Helene von Merklichenrade. In 1532, in the presence of the Königsberg court , she married the Duke. Rate and Captain zu Mohrungen, Peter Burgrave zu Dohna . Both have monuments in the church at Mohrungen with portraits and ancestral tables. Together they had eight children: Achatius, Heinrich, Albrecht, Friedrich, Sophie, Christoph, Abraham and Johann. One of her grandchildren was Fabian I. von Dohna .

literature

• HM von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meissnian nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906. Printed by Wilhelm Baensch. Dresden 1906.
• Reinhard von Flanss: The von Zehmen (Czema) in West Prussia. 1884.
• Richard Fischer: Achatius von Zehmen, Woywode von Marienburg . In: Journal of the West Prussian History Association. Vol. 36 (1897), pp. 1-167.
• Torsten Foelsch: Schlodien & Carwinds . Two castles in East Prussia and the Burgraves and Counts of Dohna. Foelsch & Fanselow Verlag, Groß Gottschow 1st edition 2014, pp. 23-25, ISBN 978-3981637700 ; Information, paintings, figure tombstones about Katharina von Zehmen and Peter zu Dohna

Web links

• extensive explanations on Dohnas, Achatius, as well as Catherina von Zehmen, Peter Burggraf zu Dohna.
• GEDBAS pedigree of Catherina von Zehmen.
• www.ostpreussen.net, explanations on Mohrungen, the Dohna family and Catherina von Zehmen's husband, Peter Burggraf zu Dohna.
• Mention and explanation of the Dohna family, Catherina von Zehmen, Peter Burggraf zu Dohna.
• the son of Catherina von Zehmen and Fabian Burggraf von Dohna, Achatius von Dohna, moved the ancestral seat of the von Mohrungen family to Schlobitten.
• www.Deutsche-Biographie.de, article about the grandson of Catherina von Zehmen, Fabian Burggraf von Dohna.
• from Dohna epitaph to Schlobitten with Zehmen coat of arms
• Article about Catherina von Zehmen's grandson, Fabian Burggraf von Dohna.
• Klaus Garber, Jörg Jochen Berns, Wilhelm Kühlmann, Jan-Dirk Müller and Friedrich Vollhardt: "Cultural history of East Prussia in the early modern times", Volume 56, Max Niemeyer GmbH, Tübingen 2001, p.464, ISBN 3-48436556-0, information on Portrait of Katharina von Zehmen and Peter Burggraf zu Dohna