Catherine of Austria ( September 1424 - September 11, 1493 ) - Duchess of Austria from the House of Habsburg , through marriage - Margraine of Baden .
| Catherine of Austria | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1424 |
| Place of Birth | Wiener Neustadt |
| Date of death | September 11, 1493 |
| Place of death | Baden Baden |
| A country | |
| Occupation | |
| Father | Ernst Iron |
| Mother | Kimburg Mazowiecka |
| Spouse | Charles I (Margrave of Baden) |
| Children | Christoph I , Albrecht , Friedrich , Catherine, Kimburg, Margaret |
Biography
Catherine was the daughter of Duke Ernst Zhelezny , from his marriage to Kimburg Mazowiecka , daughter of Prince Zemovit Mazowiecki . The elder brother of Catherine Frederick III was crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 1452 . She grew up in Wiener Neustadt , along with her brothers Frederick III and Albrecht VI .
July 15, 1447 married Charles I Margrave of Baden in Pforzheim . Having brought him a dowry of 30 thousand ducats . She expressed a desire to combine the Austrian and Baden coats of arms, on her personal coat of arms, thereby emphasizing her high rank. After his marriage, Charles I was appointed governor in Tyrol, Duke of Front Austria Sigismund . There, he met Sigismund's adviser Matthew Gummel .
Catherine survived her husband, with whom she lived in marriage for 28 years. She became the progenitor of the Baden House . Her son Christophe I left her Hohenbaden castle as the residence of the Dowager Margraine and built the New Castle in Baden-Baden for himself.
Catherine died in 1493 and was buried in Baden-Baden .
Family
From a marriage with Charles I, Catherine gave birth to six children:
- Catherine (January 15, 1449 - May 8, 1484), married May 19, 1464 to Count George III von Verdenberg-Zargans
- Kimburg (May 15, 1450 - July 5, 1501), married December 19, 1468 to Count Engelbert II of Nassau
- Margaret (1452-1495), abbess in Lichtenthal
- Christoph I (November 13, 1453 - April 19, 1527), Margrave of Baden
- Albrecht (1456-1488), Margrave of Baden-Hachberg
- Frederick (July 9, 1458 - September 24, 1517), Bishop of Utrecht
Ancestors
Literature
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- Katharina. In: Brigitte Hamann (Hrsg.): Die Habsburger. Ueberreuter, Wien 1988, ISBN 3-8000-3247-3 , S. 235.
- Ferdinand Carl Böheim: Chronik von Wiener-Neustadt, S. 99, auf Kosten des Herausgebers, 1863
- Christoph Friedrich von Stälin: Wirtembergische Geschichte, S. 725, JG Cotta'scher Verlag, 1856
- Berichte und Mittheilungen des Alterthums-Vereines zu Wien, Band 2, S. 143, In Commission der Buchhandlung Prandel und Meyer, 1857
- Sönke Lorenz (Hrsg.): Attempto, oder wie stiftet man eine Universität ?, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1999, S. 105