Catherine of Nassau-Beilstein

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Katharina von Nassau-Beilstein († September 6, 1459 ) was the daughter of Heinrich II. Von Nassau-Beilstein and by marriage Countess von Hanau.

On January 18, 1407 she married Reinhard II von Hanau , who in 1429 became the first Count of Hanau . From this marriage emerged:

  1. Katharina (born January 25, 1408 - † September 25, 1460)
⚭ I) 1421 Count Thomas II. Von Rieneck (* before 1408 - † February 8, 1431),
⚭ II) 1432/34 with Count Wilhelm II. Von Henneberg-Schleusingen (* March 14, 1415; † January 8, 1444 in a hunting accident)
  1. Anna (born June 15, 1409), after 1439 abbess of the Patershausen monastery
  2. Margarethe (* 1411; † April 29, 1441), ⚭ 1440 Gottfried VIII. Von Eppstein († 1466)
  3. Reinhard III. (* April 22, 1412; † April 20, 1452), succeeds his father in 1451 in the government of the County of Hanau
  4. Elisabeth (* 1416; † February 20, 1446), ⚭ Wild and Rhine Count Johann IV. Von Dhaun
  5. Philip I (November 8, 1417 - March 3, 1480), founder of the Hanau-Lichtenberg line (1458)

After the early death of their eldest son Reinhard III. In 1452 she took over the guardianship of his son Philipp , together with his maternal grandfather, Count Palatine Otto I of Pfalz-Mosbach , and their youngest son, Philipp I (the elder), until the division of the country in 1458. the elder was appointed sole guardian, and Katharina left the guardianship.

In the dispute about the division of the country, Katharina took the position that the division, which made it possible for her son to marry and thus increased the chances of the continued existence of the Hanau family , should be preferred to strict adherence to the primogeniture . Katharina could not care whether her second son, Philip I the Elder, or her grandson, Philip I the Younger, continued the line. She estimated the danger to the existence of the Hanau family to be lower if the child-bearing Philip I the elder were allowed to marry as quickly as possible, instead of relying solely on the then four-year-old Philip I the younger.

Katharina died on September 6, 1459 and was buried in the Marienkirche in Hanau .

literature

  • Reinhard Dietrich: The state constitution in Hanau. In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. No. 34. Hanau 1996, ISBN 3-9801933-6-5 .
  • Reinhard Dietrich: The abdication of Ulrich V. von Hanau - causes and consequences. In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter. No. 31. Hanau 1993.
  • 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, reprint 1978.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On his person see: Pierre Even: Dynastie Luxemburg-Nassau. From the Counts of Nassau to the Grand Dukes of Luxembourg. A nine hundred year history of rulers in one hundred biographies . Luxembourg 2000, p. 83.
personal data
SURNAME Catherine of Nassau-Beilstein
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katharina von Hanau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Hanau
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1459