Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen

Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen
Ottilie and her daughters, section of the Markgrafentafel
Spouse	Christopher I of Baden
Father	Philip II "the Younger" of Katzenelnbogen
Mother	Countess Ottilie of Nassau (1437-1493)
Born	baptized 22nd March 1453 Starkenburg Castle, near Darmstadt
Died	15 August 1517 Baden-Baden

Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen (1453, (baptized on 22 March 1453), Starkenburg Castle, near Darmstadt – 15 August 1517, Baden-Baden) was the daughter of count Philip II "the Younger" of Katzenelnbogen (1427–1453) and Countess Ottilie of Nassau (1437–1493), whom he married in 1450. Philip the Younger was in turn son of Count Philip I of Katzenelnbogen the Elder (1402–1479) and Anna of Württemberg (1408–1471).

Marriage and issue

Ottilie married on 30 January 1469^[1] the Margrave Christopher I of Baden (1453–1527). From this marriage, 15 children were born:

1. Ottilie (6 June 1470 – 1490), Abbess in Pforzheim
2. Jakob (6 June 1471 – 27 April 1511, Cologne), Archbishop of Trier
3. Marie (2 July 1473 – 9 January 1519); Abbess in Lichtenthal
4. Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (7 April 1474 – 29 June 1536)
5. Charles (21 June 1476 – 7 October 1510), canon in Strasbourg and Trier
6. Christopher (21 July 1477 – 29 March 1508), canon in Strasbourg and Trier
7. Philip (10 December 1478 – 17 September 1533); Margrave of Baden-Sponheim
8. Rudolf (16 June 1481 – 23 September 1532), canon in Mainz, Cologne, Strasbourg and Augsburg
9. Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (7 October 1482 – 6 February 1553)
10. Wolfgang (10 May 1484 – 24 June 1522)
11. Sibylle (26 April 1485 – 10 July 1518), married on 24 January 1505 to Count Philip III of Hanau-Lichtenberg
12. Rosine (5 March 1487 – 29 October 1554), married:
    1. in 1503 to Count Francis Wolfgang of Hohenzollern;
    2. to Johann von Ow zu Wachendorf
13. John (d. 19 June 1490)
14. Beatrix (22 January 1492 – 4 April 1535), married in 1508 to John II, Count of Palatine-Simmern
15. Georg (1 July 1493 – 16 November 1493)

References

1. ^ Demandt, Karl E. (1955). "Die letzten Katzenelnbogener Grafen und der Kampf um ihr Erbe". Nassauer Annalen (Wiesbaden: Verein für Nassauische Altertumskunde und Geschichtsforschung) 66: 93–132. http://www.graf-von-katzenelnbogen.de/kampfumserbedemandt.html. Retrieved 28 October 2011. 

See also

• List of consorts of Baden

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Persondata
Name	Ottilie von Katzenelnbogen
Alternative names
Short description	wife of Margrave Christoph I of Baden
Date of birth	baptized 22nd March 1453
Place of birth	Starkenburg (Burg)
Date of death	15 August 1517
Place of death	Baden-Baden