Catherine of Mecklenburg

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Katharina von Mecklenburg, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Katharina zu Mecklenburg (* 1487 ; † June 6, 1561 in Torgau ), Duchess of Saxony, was the daughter of Duke Magnus of Mecklenburg . On July 6, 1512, she married Duke Heinrich the Pious of Saxony in Freiberg . The couple had six children:

⚭ 1540 Duke Franz I of Saxony-Lauenburg (1510–1581)
⚭ 1533 Margrave Georg the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484–1543)
⚭ 1545 Duke Erich II of Braunschweig-Calenberg (1528–1584)
  • Moritz (1521–1553), Elector of Saxony
⚭ 1541 Princess Agnes of Hesse (1527–1555)
⚭ 1548 Princess Anna of Denmark and Norway (1532–1585)

Katharina sympathized early on with Martin Luther's teachings, while her husband suppressed the Reformation until 1536 out of fear of his brother, the reigning Duke Georg . The Freiberg area later became Lutheran.

Duke Georg tried to bribe Katharina, she replied to the ambassador: "You will do me a great favor if you leave Freiberg immediately." In 1539, after Duke Georg's death, the couple moved to Dresden and carried out the Reformation here. Duke Heinrich died on August 18, 1541, Katharina lived at Wolkenstein Castle for another 20 years . In 1560 she issued a women's room order for her court ladies, which is very interesting from a cultural and historical point of view.

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Barbara of Poland Duchess of Saxony
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SURNAME Catherine of Mecklenburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Saxony
DATE OF BIRTH 1487
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1561
Place of death Torgau