Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |
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Catherine and her husband Frederick I.
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Electress consort of Saxony | |
Tenure | 6 January 1423 – 4 January 1428 |
Born | c. 1395 |
Died | 28 December 1441 (aged 45–46) Grimma |
Burial | Cathedral Chapel in Meissen |
Spouse | Frederick I, Elector of Saxony |
Issue |
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony William III, Duke of Luxembourg |
House | House of Welf |
Father | Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
Mother | Sophie of Pomerania |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1395 – 28 December 1442, Grimma) was a member of the House of Welf, a princess of Brunswick-Lüneburg and by marriage, the Electress of Saxony.
Catherine was the only daughter and second child of the Duke Henry I of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1416) from his first marriage to Sophie († June 1400), daughter of Duke Wartislaw VI of Pomerania.
As a 7-year-old she married on 8 May 1402 Margrave Frederick IV "the Warlike" of Meissen (1370–1428), who in 1425 became the first Elector of Saxony, as Frederick I. The elector lost a large part of his army in the Hussite Wars in a battle in 1425 at Most. During Frederick's absence, Electress Catherine organized another army of 20,000 men, which rushed to Frederick's aid, but was defeated devastatingly in the Battle of Aussig in 1426.
Catherine spent time with her husband, but more frequently alone, at Mildenstein Castle in Leisnig, which thereby developed into a private residence of the Saxon Electors.
From her marriage Catherine had the following children: