Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo

Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo (fl. 1245 - 1289), was a Princess consort of Anhalt, married to Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden.

On 17 October 1259, Catherine married Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. At the time of the wedding, her older brother was King Waldemar of Sweden by right of their mother.

They had ten children:

• Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 17 August 1316).
• Prince Henry of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 13 December 1340 / 28 March 1341 ?), Provost of Halberstadt.
• Prince Siegfried of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 25 February 1317), a canon in Magdeburg.
• Prince Hermann of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. aft. 24 June 1328), a Teutonic knight, Comtur at Dessau in 1327.
• Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. aft. 17 August 1316), Abbess of Coswig.
• Princess Hedwig of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. aft. 24 February 1319), Abbess of Coswig.
• Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. aft. 17 August 1316), a nun in Coswig.
• Princess Judith of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. aft. 17 August 1316), a nun in Coswig.
• Princess Konstanze of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. aft. 17 August 1316), a nun in Coswig.
• Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (c.1260 - aft. 9 January 1290); married Ludwig of Hakeborn (c.1235 - 5 October 1298), son of Albrecht III, Count of Hackeborn, and had issue.

• ^ http://www.geneall.net/D/per_page.php?id=50528
• ^ Ludwig von Hackeborn at Geni.com