Catherine of Bavaria
Katharina von Bayern (* 1360 probably in The Hague ; † 1402 ) was a Bavarian noblewoman and by marriage Duchess von Jülich - Geldern .
She was the eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht I of Straubing-Holland . In 1379 she married Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Geldern , who was a good three years her junior and whose grandfather had captured her father in 1355. The marriage with Wilhelm, however, remained childless. Catherine, who in 1399 as a Lady of the Garter in the English Order of the Garter was taken with her husband in the Carthusian monastery north Monnikhuizen of Arnhem buried.
Web links
- Dimphéna Groffen: Catharina van Beieren. In: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. January 13, 2014, accessed April 19, 2017 .
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| SURNAME | Catherine of Bavaria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katharina von Straubing-Holland; Katharina of Bavaria-Straubing |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duchess of Jülich-Geldern |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1360 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | uncertain: The Hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1402 |