Katharina von Hanau (1525–1581)

Katharina von Hanau (born March 26, 1525 , † August 20, 1581 ) was the eldest daughter of Count Philip II of Hanau-Munzenberg and Countess Juliana zu Stolberg .

Pedigree of Countess Katharina von Hanau-Munzenberg
Great grandparents	Philipp I von Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1449; † 1500) ⚭ Adriana von Nassau-Dillenburg (* 1449; † 1477)	Günther XXXVIII. von Schwarzburg -Blankenburg (* 1450; † 1484) ⚭ Katharina von Querfurt († 1521)	Heinrich the Elder zu Stolberg (* 1436; † 1511) ⚭ Mathilde von Mansfeld († 1468)	Philipp von Eppstein-Königstein (* 1459; † 1481) ⚭ Ludovika von der Mark († 1499)
Grandparents	Reinhard IV von Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1473; † 1512) ⚭ Katharina von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (* 1470; † 1514)		Botho zu Stolberg (* 1467; † 1538) ⚭ Anna von Eppstein-Königstein (* 1482; † 1538)
parents	Philip II of Hanau-Münzenberg (* 1501; † 1529) ⚭ Juliana zu Stolberg (* 1506; † 1580)
Katharina von Hanau-Munzenberg

For the family cf. Main article: Lords and Counts of Hanau

In 1543 Katharina married Count Johann IV von Wied-Runkel and Isenburg († June 15, 1581), who was mentioned in Cologne in 1525 as a canon , in 1534 was enrolled in the law faculty of the old University of Cologne ( Universitas Studii Coloniensis ) and later in the secular Stand stepped.

From this marriage emerged:

1. Hermann I (follows his father 1581; † December 10, 1591), married to Countess Walpurga von Bentheim-Steinfurt
2. Wilhelm (follows his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf , the so-called "Obergrafschaft Wied"; † 1612), married to Countess Johanna Sibylla von Hanau-Lichtenberg
3. Juliane (* 1545; † 1606), married to Count Palatine Reichard von Pfalz-Simmern
4. Magdalena († October 13, 1606), married to Count Siegmund von Hardegg († 1599)
5. Anna († 1590), married to Johann Wilhelm von Rogendorff († 1590)
6. Katharina (* May 27, 1552; † November 13, 1584), married to Count Philipp V. von Hanau-Lichtenberg
7. Agnes († May 1, 1581), married to Reichserbschenk Gottfried IV. Von Limpurg-Speckfeld-Obersontheim († 1581)

literature

• Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster. Zaltbommel, 1968.
• 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. 3rd edition, Hanau 1919, ND 1978.

proof

1. ↑ The waiver is from September 14, 1543: Marburg State Archives, holdings IOa
2. ↑ Dek, p. 229