Katarina av Mecklenburg

Abt 1487 - Abt 1561  (74 years)

• Name	Katarina av Mecklenburg
  Birth	Abt 1487  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 06 Jun 1561	Torgau, Sachsen, Tyskland   [1]
  Person ID	I12593	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	Magnus av Mecklenburg, "Magnus 2",   b. Abt 1441   d. 20 Nov 1503, Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sophie av Pommern,   b. Abt 1460   d. 26 Apr 1504, Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Tyskland (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	29 May 1478  [1]
  	Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin (c.?1460 – 26 April 1504, Wismar), was Duchess of Mecklenburg by marriage from 1478 to 1504. She was the daughter of Eric 2 of Pomerania-Wolgast (d 1474) and his wife Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp (d 1497). Her brother was Bogislaw 10 (1454-1523), who ruled the country for almost fifty years as a unified territory. Under Bogislaw 10, Pomerania experienced a golden age: Szczecin was made the residence in 1491, the ducal administration was organised in a chancery, a well-regulated tax collection was introduced and peace and stability were maintained. For political reasons, the Duchy of Mecklenburg was anxious to see a merger with the House of Pomerania. Sophie of Pomerania was the fiancee of Duke John 5 of Mecklenburg, the brother of her later husband Magnus 2 of Mecklenburg. After John's death, Sophie went into a convent, and vowed of perpetual chastity. But Magnus 2 was very attached to securing the border with Pomerania and therefore interested in a marriage with Sophie. He asked several priests for advice on how to set aside the vow, but this was in vain. He married Sophie on 29 May 1478 anyway, against the ecclesiastical laws. The pope did not sentence Magnus for this transgression; instead he awarded him the Golden Rose of Virtue, the highest ecclesiastical honors. On 3 April 1486 Sophie finally got dispensation from her vow, on the condition she provide 3 poor people annually with white woolen clothes in memory of the Virgin Mary. Like her daughter Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin over 2 decades later, Sophie insisted on being buried far from home. Whereas all her relatives on the Mecklenburg side, including her husband, had been buried in Doberan Abbey, she chose the Dominican monastery in Wismar as the final resting place. Sophie's funeral was the first of the ducal house in Wismar and - apart from her sister Margaret, the widow of Balthasar, on 27 March 1526 - also the last. The bronze grave slab with the life-sized image of the Duchess resting on a Pomegranate blanket, first covered her tomb at the main altar of the church of the Black Monastery in Wismar until 1880. It was then moved to St. Mary's Church, also in Wismar, and after its destruction to the northern side chapel of the Nikolai Church, also in Wismar. [1]
  Family ID	F4937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Heinrich av Sachsen, "Heinrich 4",   b. Abt 16 Mar 1473, Dresden, Sachsen, Tyskland d. Abt 18 Aug 1541, Dresden, Sachsen, Tyskland (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	06 Jul 1512	Freiberg, Sachsen, Tyskland   [1]
  	Catherine of Mecklenburg (1487 – 6 June 1561, Torgau), Duchess of Saxony, was the daughter of the Duke Magnus 2 of Mecklenburg and Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin. She married on 6 July 1512 in Freiberg Duke Henry the Pious of Saxony. Catherine sympathized early with Martin Luther's teachings, while her husband suppressed the Reformation until 1536 for fear of his brother, the reigning Duke George the Bearded. Later, the Freiberg area became Lutheran. When duke George tried bear down on Catherine, she told the envoy: You could do me a big favor by leaving Freiberg right now. In 1539, after the death of Duke George, the couple moved to Dresden and brought the Reformation there. Duke Henry died on 18 August 1541. Catherine outlived him by 20 years. She spent her days in Wolkenstein castle. In 1560, she published a book on etiquette for ladies, which is culturally and historically very interesting. [1]
  Children	+ 1. Sibylle av Sachsen,   b. 02 May 1515, Freiberg, Sachsen, Tyskland d. 18 Jul 1592, Buxtehude, Hamburg, Tyskland (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F4936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S754] Wikipedia (Reliability: 1).