Katharina of Hanau, Countess of Wied


Katharina of Hanau was the eldest daughter of Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg and Countess Juliana of Stolberg.

Marriage and issue

Katharina married in 1543 to Count Johann IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg. In 1525, he was mentioned as a canon in Cologne; he later reverted to the lay state. They had the following children:
  1. Herman I, succeeded his father 1581; married Countess Walpurga of Bentheim-Steinfurt
  2. Wilhelm, succeeded his father in 1581 in Runkel and Dierdorf, the so-called "Upper County of Wied"; married Countess Johanna Sibylla of Hanau-Lichtenberg
  3. Juliane, married Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
  4. Magdalena, married to Count Siegmund of Hardegg
  5. Anna, married to Johann Wilhelm of Rogendorff
  6. Katharina, married to Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
  7. Agnes, married to Gottfried IV Schenk IV of Limpurg-Speckfeld-Obersontheim