Brief Life History of Katharina
When Katharina von Kleve was born on 25 May 1417, in Cleve, Cleves, her father, Adolph I Of Cleves, was 43 and her mother, Mary of Burgundy Valois-Burgundy, was 23. She married Arnold van Egmont on 26 January 1430, in Kleve, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 10 February 1479, in Lobith, Gelderland, Netherlands, at the age of 61, and was buried in Wesel, Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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- Catherine von Kleve van Egmond, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wikipedia (F) - Catherine de Clèves
- Genealogics - Catharina von Kleve
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World Events (2)
1460
The courtyard Episcopal palace at Atrecht had witch burnings.
1477
Beginning of the rule of the Austrian Habsburgs.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .
Chinese: variant of Wong .
Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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