Catherine of Henneberg [SEP] place of death
Catherine of Henneberg
Catherine of Henneberg (; c. 1334, in Schleusingen – 15 July 1397, in Meissen) was a Countess of Henneberg by birth and from 1347 by marriage Margravine of Meissen, Landgravine of Thuringia, etc. She was the wife of Margrave Frederick the Severe of Meissen. Via her, the House of Wettin inherited her father's Franconian possessions.
Life.
Catherine was the second of four daughters of Count Henry IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen and his wife Judith of Brandenburg-Salzwedel.
During the
. From 1547 until his death in 1578, he resided in the Water Castle at Eilhausen.
Marriage and issue.
On 6 June 1546 he married Anastasia Günthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (31 March 1528 – 1 April 1570), the daughter of Henry XXXII of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1498-1538) and Catherine of Henneberg (1508-1567). The couple had the following children:
1. Catherine (20 September 1547 – 8 July 1613), Abbess in
2. Francis (b. April