Catherine VON LIMBURG

   Another name for Catherine was Catherine DE LIMBOURG.

   Research Notes:

The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Katharina Lotharingie ducissa" as daughter of "seniori Walerano filio Henrici" and his wife Ermesinde[186]. Dietrich Archbishop of Trier, at the request of "Walerami ducis de Limburg et comitis de Lutzelimburg", granted "feodum suum…de Arluns et Luzelliburg" to "uxori sue et conmatri nostre Ermegardi, prolibusquoque suis Henrico, Gerardo filiis, Catharine etiam filie sue" by charter dated 23 Nov 1223[187]. The marriage contract between "Waleramus dux de Lemburg…filia mea Catharina" and "Matthaeo duci Lotharingiæ" is dated Sep 1225[188]. "Matthæus dux Lotharingiæ et marchio" ceded "Dale et Bellum-ramum" to "uxori meæ Katharinæ" in compensation for "Guemunde" which was her own inheritance, by charter dated Apr 1248[189]. She was regent of Lorraine for her son from 1251 until her death.

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   Marriage Information:

Catherine married Mathieu II DE LORRAINE Duke of Lorraine, son of Ferry (Frédéric) II DE LORRAINE Duke of Lorraine and Agnès DE BAR Dame d'Amance, de Longwy et de Stenay. (Mathieu II DE LORRAINE Duke of Lorraine was born about 1195 in Lorraine, Moselle, France and died on 9 Feb 1251.)