Catherine of Nassau-Beilstein

Catherine of Nassau- Beilstein († September 6, 1459 ) was the daughter of Henry II of Nassau- Beilstein and by marriage Countess of Hanau.

They married on January 18, 1407 Reinhard II von Hanau, the first Count of Hanau in 1429. From this marriage emerged:

After the early death of her eldest son Reinhard III. in 1452 she took over for his son Philip, along with his maternal grandfather, Count Palatine Otto I of Pfalz- Mosbach, and her youngest son, Philip I ( the Elder ), the guardianship to the provincial division 1458th This was followed by Philip I the Elder for the sole guardian appointed, and Catherine retired from the guardianship of.

In the dispute over the division of lands, Catherine took the position that the division of the state, which allowed a marriage to her son and thus the chances increased to persistence of the house Hanau, the strict observance of the law of primogeniture was preferable. Catherine could be indifferent to whether their second son, Philip I the Elder, or her grandson, Philip I the Younger, the line continued. She appreciated the danger to the existence of the house Hanau a less if the procreative Philip I would give the elders as soon as possible makes a marriage, instead only to put it on, then only four years of Philip I the young.

Catherine died on September 6, 1459 and was buried in St. Mary's Church in Hanau.