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Catherine of Bohemia
Duchess consort of Austria and Bavaria;
Electress consort of Brandenburg
Statue of Catherine of Bohemia and Luxembourg
Born19 August 1342
Prague, Bohemia
Died26 April 1395 (aged 52)
Perchtoldsdorf, Lower Austria
SpouseRudolf IV, Duke of Austria (deceased)
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
HouseHouse of Luxembourg
FatherCharles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherBlanche of Valois

Catherine of Bohemia (Template:Lang-cs, Template:Lang-de; 19 August 1342 – 26 April 1395) was Electress of Brandenburg, the second daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and Blanche of Valois.

Catherine was born on 19 August 1342, the third child and second surviving daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife Blanche of Valois. On 13 July 1356, Catherine married Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria. The marriage was a political one arranged by her father to make peace with Austria. Rudolph died after nine years of childless marriage.

On 19 March 1366, Catherine married Otto V, Duke of Bavaria.

Ancestors

Family of Catherine of Bohemia
16. Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg
8. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
17. Beatrice d'Avesnes
4. John of Bohemia
18. John I, Duke of Brabant
9. Margaret of Brabant
19. Margaret of Flanders
2. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
20. Ottokar II of Bohemia
10. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
21. Kunigunda of Slavonia
5. Elisabeth of Bohemia
22. Rudolph I of Germany
11. Judith of Habsburg
23. Gertrude of Hohenburg
1. Catherine of Bohemia
24. Louis IX of France
12. Philip III of France
25. Margaret of Provence
6. Charles, Count of Valois
26. James I of Aragon
13. Isabella of Aragon
27. Violant of Hungary
3. Blanche of Valois
28. Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
14. Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol
29. Matilda of Brabant
7. Mahaut of Châtillon
30. John II, Duke of Brittany
15. Marie of Brittany
31. Beatrice of England

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