Catherine of Burgundy

Catherine of Burgundy (* 1378, † January 26, 1425 in Dijon ) was the daughter of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy and Margaret of Flanders. She was Duchess in the Habsburg foreland.

After their marriage took place in 1393 with the Austrian Duke Leopold IV succeeded Catherine, to win major concessions and to keep her dowry / dowry in your own hands. They resided in Alsace, near their parents' Duchy of Burgundy and built a parallel structure to manage that she encountered and which was under a bailiff. From the resident nobility, this is sometimes seen bad. 1409 Katharina lead with Basel war, a year later, there was an alliance.

From the marriage of Catherine with Leopold IV no children were born. After her husband's death was described as the very obese Burgundian in 1414 a second marriage with Maximilian Smaßmann of Rappoltstein († 1450 ) a. This marriage remained childless. After her death, she was buried in the Charterhouse of Champmol near Dijon.