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Lady of Coucy
Catherine of Austria
(
German
:
Katharina von Habsburg
;
French
:
Catherine d'Autriche
; 9 February 1320 ? 28 September 1349) was the daughter of the
Habsburg
Duke
Leopold I of Austria
and the wife successively of the French nobleman
Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy
and the German Konrad von Hardeck,
Burgrave
of
Magdeburg
.
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Early life and family
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Catherine was the oldest of two daughters born to Leopold I, Duke of Austria and his wife Catherine of Savoy.
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Her younger sister was
Agnes of Austria
, who married
Bolko II the Small
, Duke of
?widnica
. On their father's side, the two were granddaughters of
Albert I of Germany
, while their maternal grandparents were
Amadeus V, Count of Savoy
and his second wife
Maria of Brabant
.
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Her father died when Catherine was 6 years of age, and she and 4-year-old Agnes were placed under the guardianship of their paternal uncles,
Frederick the Fair
and
Albert II, Duke of Austria
.
Marriages
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At the age of 18, Catherine married her first husband
Enguerrand VI, Lord of Coucy
, a French nobleman. The marriage contract was signed at
Vincennes
on 25 November 1338. The marriage produced one son,
Enguerrand
. The couple were married for eight years when in 1346, Enguerrand VI was killed in one of a series of battles which ended with the
Battle of Crecy
on 26 August 1346, as part of the
Hundred Years' War
between France and England. Their son
Enguerrand
succeeded his father as Lord of Coucy, and he later married
Isabella
, eldest daughter of King
Edward III of England
.
Catherine remarried nearly two years after her first husband's death in February 1348 to Konrad,
Burgrave
of
Magdeburg
. The couple were married for just over a year when Konrad succumbed to the
Black Death
on 25 September 1349, Catherine herself dying three days later; she was buried at
Konigsfelden
. She was outlived by her son Enguerrand.
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Catherine of Austria, Lady of Coucy
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| | | | | | | | | 16.
Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
| | | | | | | 8.
Rudolf I of Germany
| | | | | | | | | | 17. Hedwig of Kyburg
| | | | | | | 4.
Albert I of Germany
| | | | | | | | | | | | 18. Burkhard V, Count of Hohenberg
| | | | | | | 9.
Gertrude of Hohenberg
| | | | | | | | | | 19. Matilda of Tubingen
| | | | | | | 2.
Leopold I, Duke of Austria
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20.
Meinhard I, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol
| | | | | | | 10.
Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia
| | | | | | | | | | 21. Adelheid of Tyrol
| | | | | | | 5.
Elisabeth of Carinthia
| | | | | | | | | | | | 22.
Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
| | | | | | | 11.
Elisabeth of Bavaria
| | | | | | | | | | 23.
Agnes of the Palatinate
| | | | | | | 1.
Catherine of Austria
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24.
Thomas, Count of Savoy
| | | | | | | 12.
Thomas, Count of Flanders
| | | | | | | | | | 25.
Margaret of Geneva
| | | | | | | 6.
Amadeus V, Count of Savoy
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13. Beatrice Fieschi
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3. Catherine of Savoy
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28.
Henry III, Duke of Brabant
| | | | | | | 14.
John I, Duke of Brabant
| | | | | | | | | | 29.
Adelaide of Burgundy
| | | | | | | 7.
Marie of Brabant
| | | | | | | | | | | | 30.
Guy, Count of Flanders
| | | | | | | 15.
Margaret of Flanders
| | | | | | | | | | 31.
Matilda of Bethune
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