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Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied

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Noble family
  
House of Hanau

Mother
  
Juliana of Stolberg


Name
  
Katharina Hanau,

Died
  
August 20, 1581

Spouse(s)
  
Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg

Father
  
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Munzenberg

Born
  
26 March 1525 (
1525-03-26
)

Role
  
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Munzenberg's daughter

Parents
  
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Munzenberg, Juliana of Stolberg

Grandparents
  
Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

Great-grandparents
  
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Munzenberg, Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg, Heinrich der Altere zu Stolberg

Similar People
  
Juliana of Stolberg, William the Silent, Johann V of Nassau‑Vianden‑Dietz

Katharina of Hanau (26 March 1525 – 20 August 1581) was the eldest daughter of Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Juliana of Stolberg.

Marriage and issue

Katharina married in 1543 to Count Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (d. 15 June 1581). In 1525, he was mentioned as a canon in Cologne; he later reverted to the lay state. They had the following children:

  1. Herman I (d. 10 December 1581), succeeded his father 1581; married Countess Walpurga of Bentheim-Steinfurt
  2. Wilhelm (d. 1612), succeeded his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf, the so-called "Upper County of Wied"; married Countess Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg
  3. Juliane (1545-1606), married Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
  4. Magdalena (d. 13 October 1606), married to Count Siegmund of Hardegg (d. 1599)
  5. Anna (d. 1590), married to Johann Wilhelm of Rogendorff (d. 1590)
  6. Katharina (27 May 1552 – 13 November 1584), married to Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
  7. Agnes (d. 1 May 1581), married to Gottfried IV Schenk IV of Limpurg-Speckfeld-Obersontheim (d. 1581)

References

Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied Wikipedia