Catherine of Hanau, Countess of Wied

Katharina of Hanau (26 March 1525 – 20 August 1581) was the eldest daughter of Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Juliana of Stolberg.

Marriage and issue Katharina married in 1543 to Count Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg (d. 15 June 1581). In 1525, he was mentioned as a canon in Cologne; he later reverted to the lay state. They had the following children: Herman I (d. 10 December 1591), succeeded his father 1581; married Countess Walpurga of Bentheim-Steinfurt Wilhelm (d. 1612), succeeded his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf, the so-called "Upper County of Wied"; married Countess Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg Juliane (1545–1606), married Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim Magdalena (d. 13 October 1606), married to Count Siegmund of Hardegg (d. 1599) Anna (d. 1590), married to Johann Wilhelm of Rogendorff (d. 1590) Katharina (27 May 1552 – 13 November 1584), married to Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg Agnes (d. 1 May 1581), married to Gottfried IV Schenk IV of Limpurg-Speckfeld-Obersontheim (d. 1581)

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