Catherine of Limburg

Catherine of Limburg (1215-1255) was a duchess consort of Lorraine by marriage to Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine.[1] She was regent of Lorraine during the minority of her son Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine between 1251-1255.

She was the daughter of Waleran III of Limburg, Duke of Limburg and Count of Luxembourg, and Ermesinde of Luxembourg.

Issue

She had the following issue:

  • Frederick (1240–1302), his successor in Lorraine
  • Laure, married in 1250 to Jean de Dampierre (died 1258), viscount of Troyes, and then to Guillaume de Vergy, lord of Mirebeau and Autrey
  • Isabella (died 1266), married Guillaume de Vienne (died 1255), then, in 1256, Jean de Chalon (1243–1309)
  • Catherine, married in 1255 to Richard de Montfaucon (died 1279), son of Thierry III, Count of Montbéliard
  • Adeline (died c. 1278), married Louis of Savoy (died 1302), baron of Vaud

References
  1. Georges Poull, La Maison ducale de Lorraine, Nancy, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1991, [détail de l’édition] (ISBN 2-86480-517-0)
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