Catherine of Pomerania, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Not to be confused with Catherine of Pomerania, Countess Palatine of Neumarkt.

Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast
Eucharius Rösslin presents Der Rosengarten to Catherine
Born	c. 1465
Died	1526
Noble family	House of Griffins
Spouse(s)	Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Issue Detail	Catherine Henry V Francis
Father	Eric II, Duke of Pomerania
Mother	Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp

Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast (German: Katherine von Pommern-Wolgast) (c. 1465–1526) was the wife of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel. She was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, and Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp.

She served as patron to physician Eucharius Rösslin, who dedicated his Der Rosengarten, a seminal work on childbirth, to her.

Issue

Catherine married Henry in 1486. They had the following children:

• Christopher the Spendthrift (c. 1487 – 1558), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
• Catherine (c. 1488 – 29 June 1563), married Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg in November 1509.
• Henry (1489–1568)
• Francis (c. 1492 – 1529), Prince-Bishop of Minden
• George (1494–1566), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
• Eric (c. 1500 – 1553), joined the Teutonic Order
• William (died c. 1557), joined the Teutonic Order
• Elizabeth, Abbess of Steterburg (a part of today's Salzgitter)
• John (died as child)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Catherine of Pomerania, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

8. Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania 4. Wartislaw IX, Duke of Pomerania 9. Veronica of Hohenzollern 2. Eric II, Duke of Pomerania 10. Eric IV, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg 5. Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg 1. Catherine of Pomerania, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg 12. Bogislaw VIII, Duke of Pomerania 6. Bogusław IX 13. Sophia of Holstein 3. Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania 14. Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia 7. Maria of Masovia 15. Alexandra of Lithuania