Katharina of Hanau-Lichtenberg explained

Katharina of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Noble Family:	House of Hanau
Father:	Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Mother:	Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
Spouse:	Schenk Eberhard of Limpurg-Speckfeld
Birth Date:	30 January 1568
Birth Place:	Buchweiller (now Bouxwiller)

Katharina of Hanau-Lichtenberg (30 January 1568^[1] in Buchweiller (now Bouxwiller) – 6 August 1636) was a daughter of Count Philipp V and his wife, Countess Ludowika Margaretha of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1540–1569).

Marriage and issue

Katharina married Schenk Eberhard of Limpurg-Speckfeld (3 October 1560 – 26 February 1622) and had at least two sons:^[2]

• Ludwig Philipp (1588–1627)
• Georg Friedrich (1596–1651), married Countess Magdalena Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg-Schwarzenfels

References

• Adrian Willem Eliza Dek: De Afstammelingen van Juliana van Stolberg tot aan het jaar van de vrede van Munster, Zaltbommel, 1968
• Reinhard Suchier: Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses, in: Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894, Hanau, 1894
• Gerd Wunder, Max Schefold and Herta Beutter: Die Schenken von Limpurg und ihr Land, in the series Forschungen aus Württembergisch Franken, vol. 20, Sigmaringen, 1982
• Ernst J. Zimmermann: Hanau Stadt und Land, 3rd ed., Hanau, 1919, reprinted: 1978

Footnotes

1. Hessian State Archive at Marbur, file 81: Government of Hanau, document A 12,6 states that she was baptized on 7 February 1568
2. A complete list is not available. Wunder, Schefold and Beutter (p. 46) only show male relatives.