Katherine, Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.

The name originated from the Greek Αἰκατερίνα or Αἰκατερίνη (Aikater�na, Aikater�nē), which is of uncertain etymology. The earliest known use of the Greek name is in reference to Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The theory that the name comes from Hecate, the name of the Greek goddess of magic, is regarded by the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of First Names as unconvincing.

In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective καθαρός (katharos), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings Katharine and Katherine.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (born: Catherine Elizabeth Middleton) (1982) is a member of the British royal family. She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton (1949), and his wife, Carole (n�e Goldsmith) (1955). In 2011 she married Prince William. Together the couple has 3 children: George (2013), Charlotte (2015) and Louis (2018).

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria) (2003), in general she is known as Amalia. She is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of the countries of the Netherlands, Cura�ao, Aruba, and Sint Maarten. Princess Catharina-Amalia is the eldest child and daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen M�xima (n�e M�xima Zorreguieta). She became heir apparent when her father ascended the throne on 30 April 2013

Princess Catherine Dolgorukova (Russian: Екатери́на Миха́йловна Долгору́кова, tr. Yekater�na Mikh�yilovna Dolgor�kova)(1847 � 1922), also known as Catherine Dolgorukova, Dolgoruki, or Dolgorukaya, was the daughter of Prince Michael Dolgorukov and Vera Vishnevskaya. She was a long-time mistress of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and later, as his morganatic wife, was given the title of Princess Yurievskaya (Светлейшая княгиня Юрьевская). Alexander and Catherine already had three children when they formed a morganatic marriage in 1880, after the death of the Emperor's wife, Marie of Hesse and by Rhine the same year. A fourth child had died in infancy.

Countess Katharina Dorothea Elisabeth Finck von Finckenstein (German: Katharina Dorothea Elisabeth Gr�fin Finck von Finckenstein)( 1700 �1728) was a member of the German noble family Finck von Finckenstein. She was the daughter of Albrecht Christoph Count Finck von Finckenstein (1661�1730) and Arnolda Charlotte von Creytzen (1673�1749). She married Count Georg Adam III von Schlieben (1688�1737) in 1720. They had three children.
Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1750- 1811) was the member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. She was a daughter of Duke Peter August of Holstein-Beck, who was a Russian field marshal and Governor of Estonia, and his second wife, Countess Natalia Golovina. In 1767, she married Prince Ivan Baryatinsky , the Russian ambassador in France. Their children were: Ivan Ivanovitch, 20th Prince Bariatinski (1772-1825) and Princess Anna Ivanovna Bariatinskaia (1774-1825). By the early 1770s, the couple had been separated. With permission from the King, she reverted to her maiden name, and as Duchess Catherine of Holstein-Beck.

Catherine of Sweden (Swedish: Katarina Ingesdotter) was a medieval Swedish princess who married the Danish prince Bj�rn Haraldsen Ironside. Catherine was the daughter of King Inge the Elder of Sweden and Queen Helena.. Only one child is known from her union with Bj�rn Haraldsen Ironside, their daughter Christina, future queen of Sweden, who is estimated to have been born in circa the year 1122.

Princess Catherine Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (Russian: Екатерина Александровна Юрьевская, Ekaterina)(1878 � 1959) was the natural daughter of Alexander II of Russia by his mistress (later his wife), Princess Catherine Dolgorukov. In her own family, she was known as Katia. In 1880, she was legitimated by her parents' morganatic marriage. 1901, Catherine married at Biarritz Prince Alexander Vladimirovich Baryatinsky (1870�1910). They had two sons. Baryatinski died in 1910, at the age of thirty-nine. In 1916,  Catherine married secondly Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky (1890�1978), son of General Prince Platon Sergeievich Obolensky. In 1922 Obolensky left Catherine for Alice Astor, the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV. After divorcing him in 1923, Catherine became a professional singer, with a repertoire of some two hundred songs in English, French, Russian and Italian.



Princess Catherine Radziwiłł (Polish: Katarzyna Radziwiłłowa)(1858 � 1941) was a Polish-Russian aristocrat. Born in Russia into the Polish-Lithuanian House of Rzewuski, her maternal family was the Russian Dashkov-Vorontsov family. In 1873 she married the Polish-Lithuanian Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł. She had seven children, four sons and three daughters.


Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (Russian: Княжна Екатери́на Иоа́нновна)(1915 -2007) was a great-great-granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and a niece of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia. She was the last member of the Imperial Family to be born before the fall of the dynasty. She was the second child of Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia and Princess Jelena of Serbia. In 1937 she married the Italian diplomat Ruggero Farace, Marchese Farace di Villaforesta (1909 -  1970). They had three children.

Katharina Slepzow (1862 - 1929) She married in 1887 as his second wife Guido Georg Friedrich Erdmann Heinrich Adalbert Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (from 1901 Prince (F�rst) Henckel von Donnersmarck) (1830-1916). They had two children, Guido Otto (1888�1959) and Kraft Raul Paul Alfred Ludwig Guido (1890�1977). The prince commissioned a superb tiara for Princess Katharina, composed of 11 exceptionally rare Colombian emerald pear-shaped drops, which weigh over 500 carats and which are believed to have been in the Empress Eug�nie's personal collection. The most valuable emerald and diamond tiara to have appeared at auction in the past 30 years, was auctioned by Sotheby's for CHF 11,282,500, CHF 2 million more than the highest estimate, on May 17, 2011 in Geneva.  The Donnersmarcks' jewellery collection was known to be on a par with, or even to have exceeded, those of many of the crowned heads of Europe.

Kateřina Benigna Popelovna Lobkowicz (1594�1653), wife of Vil�m mlad�� Popel z Lobkowicz, helped establish Loreta as a significant pilgrimage destination in Prague. She financed the construction of the site, which was designed by Italian architect Giovanni Orsi and built between 1626 and 1631.

Countess Katharina of Neipperg (1986) daughter of Andrea von Habsburg (Andrea Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) Archduchess of Austria, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg (1953) and Karl Eugen, Hereditary Count of Neipperg (1951). Married in 2012, Prince Wenzel of Lobkowicz, son of Prince Johannes of Lobkowicz and Countess Johanna Bathildes zu Castell-Castell. They have two children. In maternal line she is a granddaughter of former Crown Prince Otto von Habsburg / Austria.

Archduchess Catharina-Maria Johanna Zita Sophie Caspara of Austria (1972) daughter of Archduke Rudolf aof Austria (1919 �2010) and his 2nd wife Princess Anna Gabriele von Wrede (1940) married Count Massimiliano Secco di Aragona (b. 1967) in 1999. They have three sons. Afer 16 years of marriage the marriage broke up in 2016.

Princess Katharina of Isenburg (?) the eldest daughter of Franz-Alexander, Prince of Isenburg and his wife, n�e Countess Christine von Saurma-Jeltsch. She married Archduke Martin (1959), son of Archduke Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915 �1996) and  Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (1930) They have three sons and a daughter.

Catherine von ISENBURG-B�DINGEN (1532-1574) Daughter of  Anton (B�dingen) von ISENBURG-B�DINGEN (ca 1510-1560) and �lisabeth de WIED (1509-1542).  Married in 1562 to Nicolas III von SALM, Comte de Salm. Had 1 daughter.


Princess Catherine Frederica Charlotte of W�rttemberg (1821 �  1898) was a daughter of William I of W�rttemberg and his third wife and cousin Pauline Therese of W�rttemberg. In 1845, Catherine married her first cousin, Prince Frederick of W�rttemberg. The marriage was meant to strengthen ties between the main branch of the W�rttemberg family and the next possible heir to the throne. As the marriage seemingly predicted, they had one son, who would eventually succeed her childless brother Charles as King of W�rttemberg.

Catherine of Lancaster (Castilian: Catalina)(1373 � 1418) was Queen of Castile by marriage to King Henry III of Castile. She governed Castile as regent from 1406 until 1418 during the minority of her son. She was the daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his second wife, Constance of Castile (the daughter and heir of King Peter of Castile, who died at the hands of his half brother Henry II). Catherine and Henry III had 3 children.

Infanta Catherine of Castile (1403�1439) was suo jure Duchess of Villena and, by marriage, Infanta of Aragon, Countess of Alburquerque and Countess of Ampurias. Catherine was the second child born to King Henry III of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster. In 1418, she was married off to her first cousin and brother-in-law, Infante Henry of Aragon. The marriage was a part of an agreement by which Henry's older brother Alfonso married Catherine's older sister Maria and by which Henry's sister Maria married Catherine's brother, King John II of Castile. Their marriage was childless. The Duchess of Villena died following a miscarriage in 1439.


Catherine of Castile (Castilian: Catalina de Castilla)(1422 - 1424) was suo jure Princess of Asturias and heiress presumptive to the Castilian throne all her life. She was the first child of King John II of Castile and his first wife, Maria of Aragon.


Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova (Russian: Екатери́на Рома́новна Воронцо́ва-Да́шкова)(1743-1810) was the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great and a major figure of the Russian Enlightenment. She was part of a coup d'etat that placed Catherine on the throne. Vorontsova-Dashkova was the first woman in the world to head a national academy of sciences and helped found the Russian Academy. She was the third daughter of Count Roman Vorontsov. Before she was sixteen, she married Prince Mikhail Ivanovich Dashkov (1736�1764), a prominent Russian nobleman of Rurikid stock. They had issue. On the accession of the Emperor Paul in 1796, she was deprived of all her offices, and ordered to retire to a miserable village in the government of Novgorod, "to meditate on the events of 1762. Her elder sister Elisabeth had been the mistress of Peter III, the husband of Catherine the Great.


Catherine Beatrice of Savoy (1636-1637) was a Princess of Savoy by birth. She was the youngest daughter born to Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, and his French consort, Princess Christine Marie of France.


Catherine of Bosnia (Serbo-Croatian: Katarina Toma�ević Kotromanić/Катарина Томашевић Котроманић; born in 1453) was a member of the House of Kotromanić and the last Bosnian princess. She was captured during the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia, converted to Islam and spent the rest of her life in the Ottoman Empire.


Catherine of Sweden (Swedish: Katarina)(1584 �  1638) was a Swedish princess and a Countess Palatine of Zweibr�cken as the consort of her second cousin John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibr�cken. She is known as the periodical foster-mother of Queen Christina of Sweden. Catherine was the daughter of King Charles IX of Sweden and his first spouse Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern. In 1615, she married count palatine John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibr�cken. Five of their children survived infancy.

Yekaterina von Engelhardt (Russian: Екатерина Васильевна Энгельгардт)(1761�1829) was a Russian lady in waiting and noblewoman. She was the niece and lover of Grigory Potyomkin, and the favored lady-in-waiting of Catherine the Great. She was the daughter of Wassily von Engelhardt and his spouse Marfa Yelena Potemkin. . In 1781, she married count Paul Martynovich Skavronsky, who died 1791. In 1798, she married for love to count Giulio Renato Litta

Princess Catherine Bagration (Russian: Екатерина Павловна Багратион) n�e Skavronskaya (1783 � 1857) was a Russian princess, married to general Pyotr Bagration. She was the daughter of Count Pavel Martinovich Skavronsky and Yekaterina von Engelhardt. In 1800 the Paul I of Russia, who was well known for his caprices, found out that General Pyotr Bagration, a Prince of the Bagrationi dynasty, was secretly in love with Catherine. The Emperor often used to marry members of his court off to each other, and one day at the Palace of Gatchina he suddenly announced that it was his intention to attend the marriage of General Bagration and Countess Catherine Skavronskaya. The Countess was said to be in love with Count Peter von der Pahlen, and even the prospective groom was shocked. Nobody however dared to argue with the monarch, and the wedding took place in 1800. In the year 1805 the Princess finally broke up with her husband and went to Europe. The couple had no children. She became the mistress of the very influential Prince Klemens von Metternich and had a daughter by him in Vienna in 1810, whom she named Marie-Clementine after the father, who officially acknowledged his paternity. The daughter even lived with the Metternich family from 1814 until getting married.After the death of her husband she married in 1830 the British general and diplomat Sir John Hobart Caradoc, 2nd Baron Howden and Grimston; she was fifteen years his senior. They had no children, and later broke up and filed for a formal separation.

Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (Russian: Екатерина Павловна)( 1788 - 1819) later Queen Catharina Pavlovna of W�rttemberg, was the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of W�rttemberg. She was named after her paternal grandmother Catherine the Great  According to the stories the sister of Alexander I, Catherine (Ekaterina) Pavlovna had been passionately in love with Prince Bagration, even Napol�on had proposed to her, but she refused because of her love for the Prince. He had refused her advances because he still adored his wife Catherine, and she quickly married her first cousin Wilhelm, later to become King William (Wilhelm) I of W�rttemberg. In 1809 she firstly married first cousin Duke George of Oldenburg, the second son of Peter, Duke of Oldenburg and his wife, Duchess Frederica of W�rttemberg.  The couple were quickly blessed with two sons: Peter George (b. 1810) and Konstantin Friedrich Peter (b. 1812). Although the match had been arranged by their families, Ekaterina was devoted to her husband, and the marriage was harmonious. It was said that he was not handsome but Ekaterina cared for him deeply, and his death in 1812, due to typhoid fever, was a very severe shock to her. They had been married barely three years, and Ekaterina, now the mother of two infant sons, was only 24 years old. In England, Ekaterina met the Crown Prince William of W�rttemberg. It was love at first sight for the couple. However, William was married to princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria; he took the drastic step of divorcing her. They had never got on with each other, and both of them claimed, at the time of seeking an annulment, that their marriage had never been consummated. The annulment was duly granted by the papacy on grounds of non-consummation. In 1816 Ekaterina was married to the newly divorced William. The couple had 2 daughters, Maria (b. 1816) and Sophie (b. 1818).

Catherine of Portugal (nun) (1436�1463), Portuguese infanta (princess)

Katharine, Duchess of Kent (born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley)(1933) is a member of the British royal family. Her husband, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. The only daughter and fourth child of Sir William Arthington Worsley, 4th Baronet, and his wife, Joyce Morgan Brunner. Her mother was the daughter of Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet, and granddaughter of Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet, the founder of Brunner Mond, which later became ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries).  In 1961 she married   Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.  The Duchess of Kent was received into the Catholic Church in 1994. Although the Act of Settlement 1701 means a member of the royal family marrying a Catholic relinquishes their right of succession to the British throne, the Act does not include marriage to an Anglican who subsequently becomes a Catholic. Therefore, the Duke of Kent did not lose his place in the line of succession to the British throne. Since then the couple's younger son, Lord Nicholas, their grandson Lord Downpatrick, and their granddaughter Lady Marina have also become Catholics.  The couple have three children: George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (1962); Lady Helen Taylor (1964); and Lord Nicholas Windsor (1970).

Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Αικατερίνη)(1913 �2007), styled in the UK as Lady Katherine Brandram from 1947 till her death, was the third daughter and youngest child of King Constantine I of Greece and Sophia of Prussia. In 1947 she married Major Richard Campbell Brandram MC (1911 �1994), an officer in the British Royal Artillery. On 25 August 1947, King George VI granted her the rank and title of a duke's daughter and she became known as Lady Katherine Brandram. The couple had 1 son.

Katherine, Crown Princess of Yugoslavia, also named Katherine Karađorđević (Serbian: Катарина Карађорђевић; n�e Batis, Greek: Μπατής)( 1943), is the wife of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia. She is one of the two daughters of Robert Batis (1916-2011) and Anna Dosti (1922-2010). In 1962, Katherine married Jack Walter Andrews (1933-2013). From that marriage she has two children, David and Alison. She and Jack Walter Andrews were divorced in 1984. In 1985 she married Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, as his 2nd wife (he was previously married to  Princess Maria da Gloria of Orl�ans-Braganza from 1972 till 1985).

Princess Isabelle of Orl�ans (1900�1983), member of the House of Orl�ans and by marriage Countess of Harcourt. She was one of the four children of Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874�1940), who would became the Orleanist pretender to the French throne in 1926, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orl�ans. In 1923 she married Count Bruno d'Harcourt (1899�1930). An automobile racer, Harcourt was killed during practice for the Moroccan Grand Prix, leaving his wife with four children

Isabelle d'Harcourt (1927�1993) daughter of Princess Isabelle of Orl�ans and  Count Bruno d'Harcourt . She  married in 1948 Prince Louis Murat (1920-2004); son of Prince Paul Murat and Solange de La Rochefoucauld), and had issue.

�lisabeth Marguerite d'Orl�ans (1646 - 1696), known as Isabelle d'Orl�ans, was the Duchess of Alen�on and, during her husband's lifetime, Duchess of Angoul�me. She was a daughter of Gaston d'Orl�ans and a first cousin of Louis XIV of France. She has no descendants today. She was suo jure Duchess of Alen�on and Angoul�me. �lisabeth was known by her first name, �lisabeth, but she always signed Isabelle. Her brief union with the Duke of Guise produced one child, a son.

Princess Isabelle of Orl�ans-Braganza (1911�2003), historical author and consort of the Orleanist pretender, Henri, Count of Paris. The eldest daughter of Dom Pedro de Alc�ntara of Orl�ans-Braganza, Prince of Gr�o-Par�, sometime heir to the throne of the Empire of Brazil (1875�1940) and of his wife, Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky of Dobrzenicz (1875�1951). In 1931, at the Cathedral of Palermo, Sicily, Isabelle married her third cousin Henri, Count of Paris (1908�1999). Isabelle was 19, while Henri was 21. They had eleven children.

Princess Isabelle Marie Laure Victoire (1932) Eldest child and daughter of Princess Isabelle of Orl�ans-Braganza and Henri, Count of Paris. She married Friedrich Karl, Count of Sch�nborn-Buchheim; has issue.

Archduchess Isabelle Rocio Maravillas Lourdes of Austria (2000) Daughter of rincess Mar�a of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1967) and Archduke Simeon of Austria (1958).

Isabel Alfonsa Ruiz de Arana y Marone-Cinzano (1970), 16th Marquesa de Villamanrique, daughter of Do�a Mar�a Theresa Beatrice Marone-Cinzano (1945) and Jos� Mar�a Ruiz de Arana y Montalvo (1933 � 2004), 17th Duke of Baena, 17th Duke of Sanl�car La Mayor, 15th Marquess of Villamanrique, 13th Marquess of Castromonte, 5th Marquess of Brenes, 11th Count of Sevilla La Nueva and 5th Viscount of Mamblas   She married  Ignacio Izuzquiza y Fern�ndez (1970). They have two children. Isabel is in maternal line a great granddaughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. 

Isabel de Morales y Borb�n-Dos Sicilias (1966), daughter of Princess In�s Mar�a of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Syracuse (1940) and Luis de Morales y Aguado (1933 - 2000) She married to Joaqu�n Gal�n y Otamendi.

Princess Isabelle of Orl�ans (2012) daughter of Prince Charles-Philippe Marie Louis of Orl�ans, Duke of Anjou (1973) and Dona Diana de Cadaval (the eldest daughter of Dom Jaime �lvares Pereira de Melo, 10th Duke of Cadaval, and his second wife, Claudine Marguerite Marianne Tritz.)(1978)


Isabella, Countess of Atholl, ban-mormaer of Atholl, Scotland, 1211�1236/7

Isabella, Countess of Menteith (1217�1272)

Isabella of Mar (c. 1277�1296), first wife of Robert the Bruce

Isabella of France (1295�1358), Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England

Isabella, Countess of Brienne (1306�1360), Countess of Lecce and Brienne

Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon (1313�1388), wife of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon

Isabella, Countess of Fife (c.1320�1389)

Isabella, Countess of Bedford (1332�1379), daughter of King Edward III of England

Isabella, Countess of Foix (c.1361-1428), Viscountess of B�arn

Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400�1453), Queen of Naples

Isabella of Bourbon (1436�1465), Countess Consort of Charolais

Isabella I of Castile (1451�1504, "Queen Isabella of Spain"), Queen of Castile and Le�n, wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470�1498), Princess of Asturias

Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470�1524), Princess of Naples, Duchess Consort of Milan

Isabella d'Este (1474-1539), Marchesa of Mantua

Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904), queen regnant of Spain from 1843 until 1868. Also known as La de los Tristes Destinos (She of the Sad Destinies). The eldest daughter of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, and of his fourth wife and niece, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. In 1846, the sixteen-year-old queen married her double-first cousin Francisco de As�s de Borb�n (1822�1902), the same day that her younger sister, infanta Luisa Fernanda, married Antoine d'Orl�ans, Duke of Montpensier.Isabella had nine children, but only five reached adulthood.

Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851�1931), daughter of Queen Isabella II

Princess Isabella of Denmark (2007), daughter of Crown Prince Frederick and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

Princess Isabelle Roxane Christine of Orl�ans (2005) daughter of  Prince Charles Louis of Orl�ans, Duke of Chartres and Il�ana Manos.

Princess Isabella of Savoy-Aosta (2012) Daughter of Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta (Aimone Umberto Emanuele Filiberto Luigi Amedeo Elena Maria Fiorenzo di Savoia-Aosta)(1967) and Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece (1971).

Isabelle (2003); Daughter of count Damian of Sch�nborn Buchheim and Deirdre-Mary Ascough

Princess Isabelle of Wied (1973) previously Princess of Isenburg is third child and second daughter of Franz Alexander, Prince of Isenburg, head of the mediatized House of Isenburg and his wife, Countess Christine von Saurma-Jelltsch. By marriage to Carl, Prince of Wied (1961-2015) in 1998 Princess Isabelle was the wife of the Head of the House of Wied-Neuwied. Once widowed that position went to her eldest son Maximilian, 9th Prince of Wied.

Maria Isabel de Orleans-Bragan�a e Souza (2015) daughter of Maria Elizabeth Josefa �ngela Michaela Gabriela Raphaela Gonzaga de Orl�ans-Bragan�a e Godinho (1982) and Pablo Trinidade de Souza (1981).

Maria Isabel di Borbone-Dos Sicilias (2012) daughter of Prince Lu�s of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1970) and his 2nd wife Maria da Gl�ria Ganem Rubi�o.

Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1834 � 1901), was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany by birth and Countess of Trapani by marriage to her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani. She was the daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his second wife, Princess Maria Antonia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Isabella married her uncle Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, youngest son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Maria Isabella of Spain in 1850. Maria Isabella and Francis had six children

Princess Maria Isabella of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1846�1859) daughter of Janu�ria Maria, Princess Imperial of Brazil, daughter of Pedro I of Brazil and his wife Maria Leopoldina of Austria and Prince Luigi Carlo Maria Giuseppe of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Count of Aquila.

Maria Isabel de Bragan�a (1776-1777) daughter of Infante Pedro of Portugal and his wife (and niece) Maria I of Portugal.

Maria Isabel of Braganza (Maria Isabel Francisca de Assis Ant�nia Carlota Joana Josefa Xavier de Paula Micaela Rafaela Isabel Gonzaga)(1797 � 1818) was an Infanta of Portugal who became the Queen of Spain as the second wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain.Maria Isabel was an Infanta of Portugal and daughter of John VI of Portugal and his wife Carlota Joaquina of Spain. She was a sister of Pedro I of Brazil. She married her maternal uncle King Ferdinand VII of Spain in 1816, whose first wife, Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, had died childless ten years before. No surviving issue and she died in childbirth.

Isabel Maria de Alc�ntara, Duchess of Goi�s (1824 � 1898), was a Brazilian noble, the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos. She was the only child of Pedro I born out of wedlock who was officially legitimized by him. In 1826, Isabel Maria was given the title of "Duchess of Goi�s", the style of Highness and the right to use the honorific "Dona" (Lady).Pedro I wished for Isabel to be treated as a Princess of Brazil at the same level with his legitimate daughters. He accorded her equivalent official honors, such as having her greeted by the Imperial guard and in naming her protector of the province of Goi�s. He unsuccessfully tried to have her raised among his legitimate children in the Palace of S�o Crist�v�o, but both his first, and later his second empress, refused. She married Ernst von Treuberg, Count of Treuberg.

Maria Isabel de Alc�ntara Brasileira (1827-1828) illegitimate daughter of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos.

Maria Isabel de Alc�ntara Bourbon (1830 � 1896) was the third daughter (fifth child) of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and his mistress, Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos. Maria Isabel received the same name as her second sister, the Duchess of Ceara, who died in 1828. She was never given any titles by her father due to his marriage to Am�lie of Leuchtenberg. Still, Pedro I acknowledged her as his daughter in his will but gave her no share of his state, except asking for his widow to aid in her education and upbringing. In 1848, at the age of eighteen, Maria Isabel married Pedro Caldeira Brant, the Count of Igua�u, son of Felisberto Caldeira Brant, Marquis of Barbacena. The couple had seven children.

Isabel dos Santos daughter of Maria Isabel de Alc�ntara Bourbon & Pedro Caldeira Brant, the Count of Igua�u.

Isabel Maria dos Santos, daughter of Maria Isabel de Alc�ntara Bourbon & Pedro Caldeira Brant, the Count of Igua�u. She married Ant�nio Dias Paes Leme

Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile (1428�1496), queen consort of John II of Castile

Isabella I of Castile (1451�1504), Queen of Spain and wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon

Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1470�1498), queen consort of Manuel I of Portugal

Isabella of Austria (1501�1526), queen consort of Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Isabella of Portugal (1503�1539), Holy Roman Empress to Charles V and his queen consort of Aragon and Castile

Isabella Jagiellon (1519�1559), queen consort of J�nos Szapolyai of Hungary
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (1566�1633), co-sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands

Isabella II of Spain (1830�1904), queen regnant

Princess Isabella of Armenia (c. 1278�c. 1321), daughter of Leo III

Princess Isabella of Bavaria (Marie Elisabeth Luise Amalie Elvire Blanche Eleonore ) (1863 � 1924) was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wife Infanta Amalia of Spain. In 1883, Isabella married Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa. He was the only son of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Elisabeth of Saxony.

Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria (German: Amalie Isabella Marie Gisela Margarete Prinzessin von Bayern) (1921 � 1985) Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria was born to Prince Konrad of Bavaria and Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa. Her parents were 2nd cousins. In 1945, Amalie married Count Umberto Poletti-Galimberti, Count of Assandri (1921-1995). He was the son of Luciano Poletti and Adriana Galimberti. Together Amalie and Poletti had one son


Isabella-Amalia de Baviera Poletti Galimberti de Assandri (1991), daughter of Carlo Tomasso Guillermo Poletti-Galimberti, Count di Assandri di Bavieria (1950) and Nobile Loredana Biffi  (1957). In paternal line a granddaughter of Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria.


Princess Maria Isabella Elena Immacolata Barbara Anna Pace of Savoy-Genoa (1943), the only child of Prince Eugenio of Savoy, 5th Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The title Duke of Genoa become extinct upon the death without sons of the fifth duke in 1996. She married Alberto Frioli dei Conti di Rezzano (1943) in 1971. They have 4 children.


Princess Isabel Alfonsa Mar�a Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaida Rafaela of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain (Spanish: Isabel Alfonsa Maria Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaide Raphaela, Princesa de Borb�n-Dos Sicilias, Infanta de Espa�a)(1904 � 1985) Isabel Alfonsa was the third child of Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his first wife Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. Isabel Alfonsa married her first cousin once removed Count Jan Kanty Zamoyski, seventh child and third son of Count Andrzej Zamoyski and his wife Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, in 1929. Isabel Alfonsa and Jan had four children.

Princess Isabella Hedwig Franziska Natalie of Cro� (1856 � 1931) was the daughter of Rudolf, Duke of Cro� and Princess Natalie of Ligne. She married Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen in 1878. They had eight daughters and one son. In the mid-1890s, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria began visiting Isabella and Friedrich's home. At first, it was assumed that he was there to court one of their many daughters. Eventually, it was discovered that in fact he was courting Countess Sophie Chotek, a lady-in-waiting to Archduchess Isabella. Isabella became infuriated that Franz Ferdinand had not singled out one of her eight daughters as his bride and future empress; as a result she engaged in a crusade to thwart the marriage of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie. Sophie was dismissed from service, thus beginning an ongoing conflict between Friedrich and Franz Ferdinand, who married Sophie in 1900. The marriage was morganatic; Sophie was subjected to the indignities of a much lower rank at court than that of her husband, and none of their children could succeed to their father's dynastic honours�all chiefly as a result of Isabella's machinations. A decade later, Isabella created a similar furore when her nephew, Karl, 13th Prince von Cro�, sought to marry Nancy Leishman, the charming young daughter of John George Alexander Leishman, United States Ambassador to Germany, the former president of Carnegie Steel. The Archduchess felt that Nancy, being an American and a commoner, was not an appropriate spouse for a prince of Cro�. Karl and Nancy were wed, nonetheless; today their grandson is the present Duke of Cro�

Flower Backhouse Hyde, Countess of Clarendon was the spouse of Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709).

Clarissa is a name derived from the Germanic name Clarice, which is derived from the Latin word clarus, which means "bright, clear or famous". Clarissa is an English, Italian, and Portuguese name.Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.In Hungarian, the name is Kl�risza.

Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (n�e Spencer-Churchill)(1920), is the widow of Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897�1977), who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, and then becoming Countess of Avon in 1961 on her husband's being created an earl. She is also the niece of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The daughter of Major Jack Spencer-Churchill (1880�1947), the younger brother of Winston Churchill, by his marriage to Lady Gwendoline ("Goonie") Bertie (1885�1941), a daughter of the 7th Earl of Abingdon, who had been married in 1908. In 1950 Eden was divorced from his first wife, Beatrice, n�e Beckett (1905�57). Although she was a Roman Catholic and her church was opposed to divorce, Clarissa Spencer-Churchill married Eden, who had become Foreign Secretary again in 1951, in 1952.

Josias:

Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697- 1764) was a duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. He was the fourth living son of Johann Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, the third born by his father's second wife Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen. In 1723 Franz Josias married Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. They had eight children.

Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (1737 � 1815) was a general in the Austrian service. He was the youngest son of Duke Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He was the great-uncle of King Leopold I of Belgium (1790�1865); and the great-great-uncle of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819�1901). During the occupation of Moldavia, Josias met Therese Stroffeck, a commoner. In 1789, in the town of Roman, she bore him a son, named Frederick. Josias married Therese after their return to Coburg, in December 1789 and recognized his son. Frederick was ennobled by the Austrian Emperor in 1808 and in 1853 the Duke Ernst II of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha created him Freiherr von Rohmann, named after the place of his birth. Frederick however, as the child of a morganatic marriage, and his descendants were barred of the succession of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.


Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Friedrich Josias Carl Eduard Ernst Kyrill Harald)(1918 � 1998) was the head of the Ducal Family of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and titular Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1954 until his death. The third son and youngest child of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gl�cksburg.  The third of three sons, Friedrich Josias was not expected to succeed as head of the ducal family. However, his eldest brother, Johann Leopold, married unequally and renounced his rights in 1932, and Hubertus was killed in action in 1943, thus leaving Friedrich Josias as the heir-apparent. He succeeded to the headship on the death of his father in 1954. In 1942, Friedrich Josias married his first cousin Countess Viktoria-Luise of Solms-Baruth (1921 � 2003). This marriage ended in divorce in 1946. The couple had one son. In 1948, Friedrich Josias married secondly, Denyse Henrietta de Muralt (1923 � 2005). Friedrich Josias and Denyse were divorced in 1964. They had three children. In 1964, Friedrich Josias married his third wife, Katrin Bremme (1940 � 2011). This marriage was childless.

Prince Ernst-Josias Carl Eduard Hermann Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1965 -  2009) son of Ernst Leopold, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Ernst Leopold Eduard Wilhelm Josias)(1935 � 1996)  and his second wife Gertraude Monika Pfeiffer (1938) He married Birgit Michaela Marion Meissner in 1996. They have one daughter.

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (German: Josias Georg Wilhelm Adolf Erbprinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont) (1896 � 1967) was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a general in the SS. From 1946 until his death, he was the head of the Princely House of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After World War II, he was sentenced to life in prison at the Buchenwald Trial (later commuted to 20 years) But he was released after serving about three years in prison. The eldest son and heir of Prince Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont and his consort Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe. He was the nephew of William II, King of W�rttemberg, and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen Regent of the Netherlands. He was also a cousin of Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. In 1922 hemarried Duchess Altburg of Oldenburg (1903�2001), a daughter of the former Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Friedrich August II. They had five children.

Prince Josias of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1993) son Wittekind Adolf Heinrich Georg-Wilhelm, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1936) and Countess Cecilie von Go�ss-Saurau (1956) . In paternal line a grandson of Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.


Josias I, Count of Waldeck (1554 -1588), was a Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg. He was a son of Count Wolrad II of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1509�1578) and his wife Anastasia G�nthera of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1526�1570). In 1582, he married Marie of Barby-M�hlingen (8 April 1563 � 29 December 1619), the daughter of Count Albert X of Barby-M�hlingen and his wife Marie of Anhalt-Zerbst. They had four children.

Josias II, Count of Waldeck (1636 � 1669) was the second son of the Count Philip VII of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife Anna Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein. He was a Major General in the army of Brunswick-L�neburg. His elder brother Christian Louis (1635�1706) was the ruling Count of Waldeck-Wildungen; Josias II was from 1660 co-ruler in the district of Wildungen, later in the district of Wetterburg. In 1660, Josias married Countess Wilhelmine Christine (bap. 1629 �  1707), a daughter of Count William of Nassau-Siegen in Hilchenbach. They had seven children.