Katharina von Hanau (1408–1460)

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Katharina von Hanau (* January 25, 1408 ; † September 25, 1460 ) was the eldest daughter of Reinhard II. Von Hanau , who became the first Count of Hanau in 1429, and of Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († September 6, 1459).

Pedigree of Katharina von Hanau
Great grandparents

Ulrich III. von Hanau (* 1310; † 1369/70)
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Adelheid von Nassau († 1344)

Count Eberhard von Wertheim (*; † 1373)
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Katharina von Hohenzollern († after 1369)

Heinrich I of Nassau-Beilstein († 1378/80)
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Meyna von Westerburg († 1388)

Arnold von Randerode
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Grandparents

Ulrich IV. Von Hanau (* 1330/40; † 1380)
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Elisabeth von Wertheim (* 1347; † 1378)

Heinrich II. Of Nassau-Beilstein († 1412)
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Katharina von Randerode († around 1415)

parents

Reinhard II. Von Hanau (* around 1369; † 1451)
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Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († 1459)

Catherine

For the family cf. Main article: Hanau (noble family)

Katharina von Hanau was married twice:

  1. 1421 with Count Thomas II von Rieneck (* before 1408; † February 8, 1431), widower twice, previously married first to Elisabeth von Henneberg , then to Elisabeth von Castell . These first marriages were childless. The engagement took place on October 14, 1419. After the wedding, it was equipped with Wildenstein Castle . Out of marriage emerged
    1. Philipp the Elder, zu Grünsfeld , Lauda and Wildenstein († December 5, 1488), married to Count Palatine Amalia von Pfalz-Mosbach (* 1433; † May 15, 1483), daughter of Count Palatine Otto I of Palatinate-Mosbach
    2. Philip the Younger, zu Lohr , Gemünden , Brückenau and Schildeck († July 14, 1497); He was at first spiritual, entered the secular class in 1454 and married twice:
      1. Margarethe von Eppstein († October 27, 1463)
      2. 1465 Anna von Wertheim - Breuberg
  2. 1434 with Count Wilhelm II of Henneberg-Schleusingen (* March 14, 1415 - † January 8, 1444). The engagement took place on May 17, 1432. On June 15, 1432, she waived legal claims against the County of Rieneck. For this she received her trousseau in the amount of 8,000 guilders and received a morning gift of 16,000 guilders from her groom, which was secured with the office and Castle Mainberg near Schweinfurt . From this marriage emerged:
    1. William III. (* March 12, 1434; † May 26, 1480), married to Duchess Margarethe von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (* 1451; † February 13, 1509)
    2. Margarethe (* 1437; † 1491), nun in the Ilm Monastery
    3. Johann II. (July 2, 1439; † May 20, 1513), 1472 abbot of the Fulda monastery
    4. Berthold XII. (Born January 9, 1441), spiritual
    5. Berthold XIV. (March 4, 1443 - April 20, 1495), provost in Bamberg
    6. Margarethe (* October 10, 1444; † between February 16, 1485 and March 3, 1485), married to Count Günther XX. (XXXVI.) Von Schwarzburg -Arnstadt (* July 8, 1439; † December 30, 1503 in Rudolstadt)

After the death of her first husband, Katharina was the guardian of government for her underage children in the County of Rieneck . After her remarriage, this task was taken over by her brother, Count Reinhard III. from Hanau .

Katharina died on September 25, 1460 at Maßfeld Castle near Meiningen .

literature

  • Georg-Wilhelm Hanna : Katharina von Hanau . In: Mitteilungsblatt der Heimatstelle des Main-Kinzig-Kreis 14 (1989), pp. 201-203.
  • Georg-Wilhelm Hanna: Ministeriality, Power and Mediatization. The knight nobles von Hutten, their social position in church and state until the end of the Old Empire = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 44. Hanau, 2007. ISBN 3-935395-08-6 = Diss. Bamberg 2006 on the OPUS server , PDF 7,024 kB.
  • W. Sattler, The old Mainberg Castle near Schweinfurt and its residents. Historical sketch. New edition, o: o. 1854, p. 17f.
  • Otto Schecher: The Counts of Rieneck. Studies on the history of a medieval noble family in Franconia . Diss. Würzburg 1963.
  • Reinhard Suchier : Genealogy of the Hanauer count house . In: Festschrift of the Hanau History Association for its 50th anniversary celebration on August 27, 1894 . Hanau 1894.
  • Ernst Julius Zimmermann : Hanau city and country . 3. Edition. Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

proof

  1. ↑ The date of the day of death differs slightly in the various sources and is given between January 7th and 9th
personal data
SURNAME Katharina von Hanau
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katharina von Rieneck; Katharina von Henneberg-Schleusingen; Hanau, Katharina von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife 1st of Count Thomas II von Rieneck; 2. of Count Wilhelm II of Henneberg-Schleusingen
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1408
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1460
Place of death Maßfeld Castle near Meiningen