Sabina Catharina of East Frisia

Sabina Catharina of East Frisia
Spouse(s) John III of Rietberg
Noble family Cirksena
Father Enno III, Count of East Frisia
Mother Walburgis, Countess of Rietberg
Born (1582-08-11)11 August 1582
Esens
Died 31 May 1618(1618-05-31) (aged 35)

Sabina Catharina of East Frisia (11 August 1582, Esens 31 May 1618) was a Countess of Rietberg in what is now Germany.

Life

Sabina Catharina was the eldest child of Count Enno III of East Frisia and his first wife, Countess Walburgis of Rietberg. In the Treaty of Berum of 28 January, the lands her father had inherited from her mother were divided between Sabina Catherine and her sister Agnes, because their father wanted to marry again. Sabina Catherine was awarded the County of Rietberg.

On 3 March 1601, Sabina married her uncle, John III, in a ceremony officiated by Abbot Leonard Ruben of Abdinghof Abbey. The necessary papal dispensation was issued on 13 April 1600. Before the wedding the couple converted to the Catholic faith. In 1618, the couple laid the foundation for the Franciscan monastery in Rietberg. The founding document of the monastery was issued in 1629.

Sabina Catharina died on 31 May 1618 during the birth of her eleventh child. The coffin was buried in the chapel.

Marriage and issue

Sabina Catharina and John III had eleven children:

Sabina Catharina of East Frisia
Born: 11 August 1582 Died: 31 May 1618
Preceded by
Walburgis
Countess of Rietberg
1586–1618
Succeeded by
John III
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