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color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Catherine</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brandenburgikatalin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Brandenburgikatalin.jpg/220px-Brandenburgikatalin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Brandenburgikatalin.jpg/330px-Brandenburgikatalin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Brandenburgikatalin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="417" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_princes_of_Transylvania" title="List of princes of Transylvania">Princess of Transylvania</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">15 November 1629 - 21 September 1630</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Bethlen" title="Gabriel Bethlen">Gabriel Bethlen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bethlen" title="Stephen Bethlen">Stephen Bethlen</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_consorts_of_Transylvania#Princess_of_Transylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="List of consorts of Transylvania">Princess consort of Transylvania</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tenure</th><td class="infobox-data">2 March 1626 – 15 November 1629</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1602-05-28</span>)</span>28 May 1602<br /><a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="Königsberg">Königsberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Prussia" title="Duchy of Prussia">Prussia</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a>, Russia)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 August 1649<span style="display:none">(1649-08-27)</span> (aged 47)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ningen" title="Schöningen">Schöningen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg">Brunswick-Lüneburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> (now Germany)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Bethlen" title="Gabriel Bethlen">Gabriel Bethlen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Francis_Charles_of_Saxe-Lauenburg" title="Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg">Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Hohenzollern" title="House of Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern-Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Sigismund,_Elector_of_Brandenburg" title="John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg">John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Duchess_Anna_of_Prussia" title="Duchess Anna of Prussia">Duchess Anna of Prussia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a>-<a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Catherine of Brandenburg</b> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="Königsberg">Königsberg</a>, 28 May 1602 – 27 August 1649, <a href="/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ningen" title="Schöningen">Schöningen</a>) was an elected <a href="/wiki/List_of_princes_of_Transylvania" title="List of princes of Transylvania">Princess of Transylvania</a> between 1629 and 1630. She was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/John_Sigismund,_Elector_of_Brandenburg" title="John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg">John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anna_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna of Prussia">Anna of Prussia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_of_Brandenburg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catherine was the youngest daughter of Johann Sigismund and Anna. Catherines maternal grandparents were <a href="/wiki/Marie_Eleonore_of_Cleves" title="Marie Eleonore of Cleves">Marie Eleonore of Cleves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Frederick,_Duke_of_Prussia" title="Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia">Albert Frederick of Prussia</a>, while her paternal grandparents were <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Frederick,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg">Joachim Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg</a> and his first wife <a href="/wiki/Catherine_of_Brandenburg-K%C3%BCstrin" title="Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin">Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin</a>. </p><p>The relationship between her parents was said to be volatile with her father prone to drunken rages where her mother is reported to have thrown plates and glasses at her spouse during arguments. Although Anna described as intellectually superior to her spouse, she was also considered temperamental and strong-willed. </p><p>In 1613, Johann Sigismund converted to <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Christianity" title="Reformed Christianity">Calvinism</a> while his wife and daughters remained staunchly <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1619, when Catherine was 16 years old, her father died and was succeeded by her brother George William. The following year, Catherine's oldest sister Maria Eleonora was considered a marriage candidate of the young Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. But because of their brother's refusal to allow their sister's marriage, their mother Anna (who was in favour of it) sent both sisters to the Braunschweig court where their older sister Anna Sophia (married to <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Ulrich,_Duke_of_Brunswick-L%C3%BCneburg" title="Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg">Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg</a>) lived. This was so Georg Wilhelm could not keep Maria Eleonora from leaving Brandenburg. </p><p>Then through the help of the Swedish Chancellor of the Exchequer <a href="/wiki/Axel_Oxenstierna" title="Axel Oxenstierna">Axel Oxenstierna</a> both sisters accompanied by Oxenstierna and his mother Barbro Bielke left for Sweden. Catherine and her mother then lived in Sweden for several years after the marriage of her sister Maria Eleonora to king Gustavus Adolphus of <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> in 1620. </p><p>Catherine was educated to become an ideal consort of a ruler and was "richly decorated with virtues suitable to a princely woman".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As for her appearance, although she was very short, she had a shapely figure and pleasing face. </p><p>Catherine had many important family connections that made her a very eligible bridal candidate. Notwithstanding her sister being queen of Sweden, she was also a cousin of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III_of_Denmark" title="Frederick III of Denmark">Frederick III of Denmark</a>. </p><p>In 1625, her mother Anna died. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Princess_consort_of_Transylvania">Princess consort of Transylvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_of_Brandenburg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Princess consort of Transylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 2 March 1626, she married <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Bethlen" title="Gabriel Bethlen">Gabriel Bethlen</a>, prince of Transylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>The marriage allied the Protestant Prince of Transylvania with the Protestant powers of Denmark, Sweden and the Palatinate. A <a href="/wiki/Proxy_marriage" title="Proxy marriage">proxy marriage</a> was celebrated in Cölln an der Spree, after which the bride set off accompanied by her sister Anna Sophia, for her new homeland, where a second marriage in person performed in <a href="/wiki/Ko%C5%A1ice" title="Košice">Kosice</a> in Transylvania (now in Slovakia) took pace. The couple settled in <a href="/wiki/Alba_Iulia" title="Alba Iulia">Alba Iulia</a> in Transylvania. </p><p>The marriage is not described as happy. Gabriel Bethlen had numerous mistresses, and Catherine had lovers as well, most notably Istvan Csaky – because of the double standards of the time, however, only Catherine was given a bad reputation because of this.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The marriage remained childless. It was a condition in the marriage contract that Catherine should be elected the successor of her spouse, and she was elected as his successor by Transylvania's Diet and swore her solemn oath as his successor on May-June 1626, after which her status was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Porte" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Porte">Ottoman Porte</a> through the effort of the Dutch and English allies of Bethlen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bethlen confirmed her election in his political will, in which he noted "perhaps no other illustrious princely woman has ever been elected."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Prince Gabriel Bethlen died on 25 November 1629. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Princess_Regnant_of_Transylvania">Princess Regnant of Transylvania</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_of_Brandenburg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Princess Regnant of Transylvania"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Her policy was to bring Transylvania back under the influence of <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II</a>. She tried in vain for a year to hold on to the throne, supporting herself on her favorite Istvan Csaky, but she was forced to abandon power on 21 September 1630. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg/300px-Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg/450px-Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg/600px-Transylvanian_Ducat_of_Catherine_of_Brandenburg_1630.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1616" data-file-height="763" /></a><figcaption>Transylvanian <a href="/wiki/Ducat" title="Ducat">Ducat</a> of Catherine of Brandenburg 1630</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sublime_Porte" title="Sublime Porte">Sublime Porte</a>, first chose her brother-in-law <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bethlen" title="Stephen Bethlen">Stephen Bethlen</a> as successor, but finally <a href="/wiki/George_I_R%C3%A1k%C3%B3czi" title="George I Rákóczi">George I Rákóczi</a> succeeded her. The new prince was elected on 1 December 1630. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Catherine_of_Brandenburg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Catherine of Hohenzollern moved back to Germany where she converted to Catholicism in 1633 and married <a href="/wiki/Francis_Charles_of_Saxe-Lauenburg" title="Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg">Francis Charles of Saxe-Lauenburg</a> in 1639. 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