Catherine of Saxony (1468–1524)

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Catherine of Saxony (born July 24, 1468 in Grimma , Saxony , † February 10, 1524 in Calenberg ) was the second wife of Siegmund , Archduke of Austria and Regent of Tyrol .

Life

Katharina was the eldest child of Duke Albrecht the Brave of Saxony and his wife Sidonie of Bohemia . At the age of 16, she became the second wife of Archduke Siegmund in Innsbruck in 1484 , who was already 56 years old and was considered senile. The marriage remained childless. Katharina could hardly exert any political influence in Tyrol. A former lover of Siegmund intrigues against the young bride and falsely claimed in 1487 that Katharina wanted to poison her husband. Since the Archduke's political style was no longer tenable, he was largely disempowered by the Tyrolean estates in 1487, which was then led by Emperor Friedrich III. were supported. Therefore, constant quarrels ensued because of the new court rules that had now been introduced, which brought restrictions for the Archduke with it. Finally Siegmund abdicated in 1490 and Katharina now had a significantly smaller budget than before. Siegmund died in 1496 and Katharina married Duke Erich von Braunschweig for a second time (around 1496/97) , but only one daughter, Anna Maria, emerged from this marriage. After her death (1524) Katharina was buried in Münden ; its epitaph is from Loy Hering .

ancestors

Pedigree of Catherine of Saxony
Great-great-grandparents

Margrave
Friedrich III. (1332–1381)
⚭ 1346
Katharina von Henneberg (1334–1397)

Duke
Heinrich I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1355–1416)

Sophie of Pomerania (1370–1406)

Duke
Leopold III. (1351–1386)
⚭ 1365
Viridis Visconti of Milan (1350–1414)

Ziemowit IV.

Alexandra of Lithuania

Boček II of Podebrady (–1417)

Anna Elisabeth of Leipa

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Great grandparents

Elector Friedrich I of Saxony (1370–1428)
⚭ 1402
Katharina von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1395–1442)

Duke Ernst the Iron (1377–1424)
⚭ 1412
Cimburgis of Masovia (1394 / 97–1429)

Viktorin von Podiebrad (1403–1427)

Anna von Wartenberg (1403–1427)

Smil von Sternberg (–1431)

Barbara von Pardubitz (–1433)

Grandparents

Elector Friedrich II. (1412–1464)
⚭ 1431
Margaretha of Austria (1416–1486)

King George of Podebrady (1420–1471)
⚭ 1441
Kunigunde von Sternberg (1425–1449)

parents

Duke Albrecht the Courageous (1443–1500)
⚭ 1464
Sidonia of Bohemia (1449–1510)

Catherine of Saxony

literature

Web links

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