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She was a daughter of Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg, daughter of Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. Through her mother, she was the great-great-granddaughter of King Abel of Denmark.
Apr 29, 2022 · Katharina von Anhalt-Bernburg (German: Katharina von Anhalt; * c. 1330; † 30 January 1390) of the Askani family was the daughter of Prince Bernhard III (Anhalt) († 1348) and his first wife Agnes von Saxony-Wittenberg († 1338), daughter of Duke and Elector Rudolf I of Saxony-Wittenberg.
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When Katharina von Anhalt-Bernburg was born in 1332, in Bernburg, Anhalt, Germany, her father, Bernhard III. Fürst von Anhalt-Bernburg, was 41 and her mother, Agnes von Sachsen-Wittenberg, was 23. She married Magnus II.
Catherine Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1385 – after 1423) was Duchess consort of Schleswig and Countess consort of Holstein-Rendsburg. She was the regent of some of the fiefs of her son Henry during his minority from 1404 to 1415.
She was a daughter of Magnus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Catherine of Anhalt-Bernburg, daughter of Bernhard III, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg. Through her mother, she was the great-great granddaughter of King Abel of Denmark.
Anhalt-Bernburg was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire and a duchy of the German Confederation ruled by the House of Ascania with its residence at Bernburg in present-day Saxony-Anhalt. It emerged as a subdivision from the Principality of Anhalt from 1252 until 1468, when it fell to the Ascanian principality of Anhalt-Dessau .
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Emma was one of several daughters of a minor German prince, with very moderate marriage prospects, and her parents were enthused by the idea that their daughter would become a queen on her wedding day. Emma, raised in a loving and conservative family, acceded to the wishes of her beloved parents without demur. [1]
