Catherine of Pomerania, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast (German: Katherine von Pommern-Wolgast) (c. 1465 – 1526) was the wife of Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Wolfenbüttel. She was the daughter of Eric II, Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, and Sophia of Pomerania-Stolp.

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

Issue

Catherine married Henry in 1486. They had the following children:

• Christopher the Spendthrift (c. 1487 - 1558), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
• Catherine (c. 1488 - 29 June 1563), married Duke Magnus I of Saxe-Lauenburg in November 1509.
• Henry (1489-1568)
• Francis (c. 1492 - 1529), Prince-Bishop of Minden
• George (1494-1566), Prince-Archbishop of Bremen
• Eric (c. 1500 - 1553), joined the Teutonic Order
• William (died c. 1557), joined the Teutonic Order
• Elizabeth, Abbess of Steterburg (a part of today's Salzgitter)
• John (died as child)