Catherine of Bohemia

Catherine of Bohemia
Duchess consort of Austria and Bavaria; Electress consort of Brandenburg
Statue of Catherine of Bohemia and Luxembourg
Born	19 August 1342 Prague, Bohemia
Died	26 April 1395 (aged 52) Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria
Spouse	Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (deceased) Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
House	House of Luxembourg
Father	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Blanche of Valois

Catherine of Bohemia (Czech: Kateřina Lucemburská, German: Katharina von Böhmen; 19 August 1342 – 26 April 1395) was Electress of Brandenburg, the second daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and Blanche of Valois.

Catherine was born on 19 August 1342, the third child and second surviving daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife Blanche of Valois. On 13 July 1356, Catherine married Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria. The marriage was a political one arranged by her father to make peace with Austria. Rudolph died after nine years of childless marriage.

On 19 March 1366, Catherine married Otto V, Duke of Bavaria.

Ancestors

Family of Catherine of Bohemia

16. Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg               8. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor                       17. Beatrice d'Avesnes               4. John of Bohemia                             18. John I, Duke of Brabant               9. Margaret of Brabant                       19. Margaret of Flanders               2. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor                                   20. Ottokar II of Bohemia               10. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia                       21. Kunigunda of Slavonia               5. Elisabeth of Bohemia                             22. Rudolph I of Germany               11. Judith of Habsburg                       23. Gertrude of Hohenburg               1. Catherine of Bohemia                                         24. Louis IX of France               12. Philip III of France                       25. Margaret of Provence               6. Charles, Count of Valois                             26. James I of Aragon               13. Isabella of Aragon                       27. Violant of Hungary               3. Blanche of Valois                                   28. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol               14. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol                       29. Matilda of Brabant               7. Mahaut of Châtillon                             30. John II, Duke of Brittany               15. Marie of Brittany                       31. Beatrice of England

References

• Genealogy of the Middle Ages (in German).

German nobility
Preceded by Ingeborg of Mecklenburg-Schwerin	Electress consort of Brandenburg 1366–1373	Succeeded by Joanna of Bavaria