Catherine of Pomerania, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess consort at Wolfenbüttel
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| Intro | Duchess consort of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess consort at Wolfenbüttel | ||||||||||
| was | Noble Consort Princess | ||||||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||||||
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| Birth | 1465 | ||||||||||
| Death | 1526 (aged 61 years) | ||||||||||
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Biography
Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast (German: Katherine von Pommern-Wolgast) (c. 1465–1526) was the wife of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel. She was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, and Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp.
She served as patron to physician Eucharius Rösslin, who dedicated his Der Rosengarten, a seminal work on childbirth, to her.
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Catherine married Henry in 1486. They had the following children:
- Christopher the Spendthrift (c. 1487 – 1558), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
- Catherine (c. 1488 – 29 June 1563), married Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg in November 1509.
- Henry (1489–1568)
- Francis (c. 1492 – 1529), Prince-Bishop of Minden
- George (1494–1566), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
- Eric (c. 1500 – 1553), joined the Teutonic Order
- William (died c. 1557), joined the Teutonic Order
- Elizabeth, Abbess of Steterburg (a part of today's Salzgitter)
- John (died as child)