Catherine of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

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Eucharius Rösslin presents Der Rosengarten to Katharina von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.
Eucharius Rösslin presents Der Rosengarten to Katharina von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

Catherine of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Katherine von Braunschweig-Lüneburg) was the wife of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast.

She served as patron to physician Eucharius Rösslin, who dedicated his Der Rosengarten, a seminal work on childbirth, to her.