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Katharina von Bora

1498 - 1552

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Katharina von Bora (German: [kataˈʁiːnaː fɔn ˈboːʁaː]; 29 January 1499? – 20 December 1552), after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin" ('the Lutheress'), was the wife of the German reformer Martin Luther and a seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation. Although little is known about her, she is often considered to have been important to the Reformation, her marriage setting a precedent for Protestant family life and clerical marriage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katharina von Bora is the 93rd most popular companion (down from 90th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 342nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Companion.

Katharina von Bora was a German nun and wife of Martin Luther. She was born in 1499 and died in 1552. She was most famous for her marriage to Martin Luther and for being the first woman to translate the Bible into German.

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Among companions, Katharina von Bora ranks 93 out of 784. Before her are Dinah, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Hortense de Beauharnais, Rabia Bala Hatun, and Isabella of France. After her are Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Sawda bint Zamʿa, Antinous, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Blanche of Castile.

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Among people born in 1498, Katharina von Bora ranks 2. Before her is Eleanor of Austria. After her are Meera, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Maarten van Heemskerck, Giulio Clovio, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Hieronymus Bock, and Andreas Osiander. Among people deceased in 1552, Katharina von Bora ranks 2. Before her is Francis Xavier. After her are Petrus Apianus, Guru Angad, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Basil Fool for Christ, Sebastian Münster, Paolo Giovio, Olaus Petri, Antonio de Mendoza, Andreas Osiander, and Pierre Attaingnant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Katharina von Bora ranks 323 out of 7,253. Before her are Hermann Staudinger (1881), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Hans von Euler-Chelpin (1873), Anton Drexler (1884), and Bertha Benz (1849). After her are Richard Dedekind (1831), Carl Bosch (1874), Erich Hartmann (1922), Carl Zeiss (1816), Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781), and Friedrich Ratzel (1844).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Katharina von Bora ranks 10. Before her are Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Magda Goebbels (1901), Anne of Cleves (1515), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), and Frederica of Hanover (1917). After her are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), and Caroline of Baden (1776).

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