Catherine of Austria (1420–1493)

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Catherine of Austria,
Margravine of Baden

Katharina of Austria (* 1420 or 1424 in Wiener Neustadt ; † September 11 or December 11, 1493 in Hohenbaden Castle ) was a Habsburg or Duchess of Austria and by marriage Margravine of Baden .

Life

Katharina was a daughter of Duke Ernst I of Austria , called the Iron (1377–1424) from his marriage to Cimburgis (1394–1429), daughter of Duke Ziemowit IV of Mazovia. Katharina's older brother was named Friedrich III in 1452 . roman emperor. With this and her brother, the later Archduke Albrecht VI. , to whom she is said to have looked very similar, she grew up in Wiener Neustadt. In 1461 and especially in the summer and autumn of 1463, she tried to mediate in armed conflicts between her brothers. As Albrecht VI. Died in Vienna in 1463, she not only took care of his funeral, but also tried to clarify the circumstances surrounding his death.

After initially planning a marriage project between her and Duke Johann von Kleve , she married Margrave Karl I of Baden (1427–1475) in July (13 or 15 July) 1447 in Pforzheim , to whom she had a bridal treasure of 30,000 ducats spent. The marriage was part of a network of relationships that was developing between her brothers, the Margraves of Baden, the Palatine of the Rhine, the Margraves of Brandenburg-Ansbach and the Counts of Württemberg. For the Margraves of Baden, marrying into a clearly higher-ranking dynasty meant an enormous gain in prestige. Katharina made the preservation of her high standing evident by placing the Austrian shield next to the Baden shield in her coat of arms.

In 1456 Karl was appointed administrator and governor by his brother-in-law Albrecht, when he left the Vorderen Lande. Through his marriage, Karl was not only entrusted with the bailiwick and the government of the Upper Austrian Lands by Duke Sigmund the rich in coins , but also became acquainted with Sigmund's advisor Matthäus Hummel , who had previously been in the service of Duke Albrecht VI. had confessed.

Katharina outlived her husband, with whom she had apparently had a good marriage, by 18 years and became the ancestor of the Baden family. Her son Christoph left her Hohenbaden Castle as a widow's residence and built the New Castle in Baden-Baden. Katharina is buried in the collegiate church of Our Lady in Baden-Baden .

progeny

Katharina had the following children from their marriage:

⚭ 1464 Count Georg III. from Werdenberg-Sargans († 1500)
⚭ 1468 Count Engelbert II of Nassau-Dillenburg (1451–1504)
⚭ 1468 Countess Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen (1451–1517)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Fenske, Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History, 2000, p. 785 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi , Genealogical history of the hereditary imperial estates in Teutschland, Volume 2, 1779, p. 299 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Katharina von Steiermark . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1860, p. 401 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 641
  5. ^ Ferdinand Carl Böheim: Chronik von Wiener-Neustadt , p. 99, at the expense of the editor, 1863 ( digitized version ).
  6. ↑ Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 619ff.
  7. ↑ Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 638f.
  8. ↑ Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 138f.
  9. ↑ Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 185, gives the date for the marriage as July 13, 1447. The related footnote indicates difficulties in dating.
  10. ^ Christoph Friedrich von Stälin: Wirtembergische Geschichte , p. 725, JG Cotta'scher Verlag, 1856 ( digitized version ).
  11. ↑ cf. Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 185f., Which, however, assumes that Friedrich III. had reservations about this marriage as it strengthened his brother's position.
  12. ↑ Reports and Mittheilungen des Alterthums-Verein zu Wien , Volume 2, p. 143, In Commission of the Prandel and Meyer bookstore, 1857 ( digitized version ).
  13. ↑ Konstantin Moritz A. Langmaier: Archduke Albrecht VI. of Austria (1418–1463). A prince caught between dynasty, regions and empire. Cologne u. a. 2015, p. 436
  14. ↑ Sönke Lorenz (Ed.): Attempto, or how do you found a university? , Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999, p. 105
personal data
SURNAME Catherine of Austria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Margravine of Baden
DATE OF BIRTH 1420 or 1424
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiener Neustadt
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1493
Place of death Hohenbaden Castle