West-Europese adel » Catharina van Hanau-Münzenberg (1525-1581)

Personal data Catharina van Hanau-Münzenberg 


Household of Catharina van Hanau-Münzenberg

She is married to Johan IV Graaf van Wied.

They got married on May 13, 1543 at Königstein-im-Taunus, Hessen, she was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Anna van Wied-Runkel  1550-1595 

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Historical events

Birthday March 26, 1525

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1525: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 21 » The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.
    • February 24 » A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
    • February 28 » Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
    • May 15 » Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
    • June 13 » Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for priests and nuns.

Day of marriage May 13, 1543

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1543: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 12 » King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
    • August 25 » António Mota and a few companions become the first Europeans to visit Japan.
    • September 9 » Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.

Day of death June 15, 1581



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About the surname Van Hanau-Münzenberg


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