Katharine of Bohemia

Katharine of Bohemia

Katharine of Bohemia (19 August 1342 – 26 April 1395) was the second daughter of Emperor Charles IV and Blanche of Valois. Born in Prague, she was married to Duke Rudolf IV of Austria at age 11 and widowed at age 23.Almost a year after the death of Rudolf she married Otto V, Duke of Bavaria and was widowed again, at age 37, and lived another 16 years. She is buried in the Ducal Crypt in Vienna.

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* [http://www.genealogie-mittelalter.de/luxemburger/katharina_herzogin_von_oesterreich_1395/katharina_von_luxemburg_herzogin_von_oesterreich_+_1395.html Genealogy of the Middle Ages] (in German).


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