Katherine of Bavaria

Katherine of Bavaria
Duchess consort of Guelders and Jülich
Tenure	1379-1400
Born	1361
Died	1400 Hattem
Spouse	Edward of Guelders William I of Gelders and Jülich
House	House of Wittelsbach
Father	Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Margaret of Brieg

Katherine of Bavaria (c. 1361–1400 AD, Hattem), was the eldest child of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and his first wife Margaret of Brieg.^[1] She was Duchess of Guelders and Jülich by her marriage to William I of Guelders and Jülich.

Family

Katherine was the eldest of seven child born to her parents. She and her siblings all lived to adulthood. Her siblings were: Joanna of Bavaria; wife of Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, Margaret of Bavaria; wife of John the Fearless, William VI, Count of Holland, Albert II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing, John, Count of Holland and Johanna Sophia of Bavaria; wife of Albert IV, Duke of Austria and mother of Albert II of Germany.

Katherine's maternal grandparents were Ludwik I the Fair and Agnes of Głogów. Her paternal grandparents were Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret II, Countess of Hainault.^[2]

Marriages

Katherine was betrothed in 1368 to Edward, Duke of Guelders, son of Reginald II of Guelders and Eleanor of England.^[3] However, Edward died when Katherine was only ten years of age.

Katherine was subsequently married in 1379 to William I of Guelders and Jülich, son of William II, Duke of Jülich. Her husband was Edward's nephew.

This marriage produced no children and Katherine died in 1400, leaving William a widower. William died two years after Katherine and was succeeded by his brother, Reinald IV, Duke of Guelders and Jülich.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Katherine of Bavaria

16. Otto II, Duke of Bavaria               8. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria                       17. Agnes of the Palatinate               4. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor                             18. Rudolph I of Germany               9. Matilda of Habsburg                       19. Gertrude of Hohenburg               2. Albert I, Duke of Bavaria                                   20. John II, Count of Hainaut               10. William I, Count of Hainaut                       21. Philippa of Luxembourg               5. Margaret II, Countess of Hainault                             22. Charles of Valois               11. Joan of Valois                       23. Margaret, Countess of Anjou               1. Katherine of Bavaria                                         24. Casimir I of Poland               12. Bolesław III the Generous                       25. Maria Dobroniega of Kiev               6. Ludwik I the Fair                             26. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia               13. Margaret of Bohemia                       27. Judith of Habsburg               3. Margaret of Brieg                                   28. Henry III, Duke of Głogów               14. Henry IV the Faithful                       29. Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg               7. Agnes of Głogów                             30. Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel               15. Matilda of Brandenburg                       31. Anne of Austria

References

1. Katharina von Wittelsbach
2. Cawley, Charles, Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Hainaut, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
3. Genealogie-Mittelalter.de