Catherine of Bohemia

Czech princess

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Intro

Czech princess

Places

Czech Republic

was

Ruler Princess Noble

Work field

Military Royals

Gender

Female

Birth

19 August 1342, Prague, Czech Republic

Death

26 April 1395Vienna, Austria (aged 52 years)

Star sign

Leo

Family

Mother:	Blanche of Valois
Father:	Charles IV
Siblings:	Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary Elisabeth of Bohemia Elisabeth of Moravia Catherine of Luxembourg Anne of Bohemia Anna Moravská Margaret of Bohemia, Burgravine of Nuremberg Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia John of Görlitz Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Jobst of Moravia Prokop of Moravia John Sobieslaw of Moravia
Spouse:	Otto V, Duke of Bavaria Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria

The details

Biography

Catherine of Bohemia (Czech: Kateřina Lucemburská, German: Katharina von Böhmen; 19 August 1342 – 26 April 1395) was Electress of Brandenburg, the second daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and Blanche of Valois.

Catherine was born on 19 August 1342, the third child and second surviving daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife Blanche of Valois. On 13 July 1356, Catherine married Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria. The marriage was a political one arranged by her father to make peace with Austria. Rudolph died after nine years of childless marriage.

On 19 March 1366, Catherine married Otto V, Duke of Bavaria.