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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katharina von Bora has received more than 957,137 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Katharina von Bora is the 90th most popular companion, the 342nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 344th in 2019) and the 11th 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 90 out of 784. Before her are Gülfem Hatun, Astrid of Sweden, Isabella of Austria, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Anne of Kiev, and Anna Pavlovna of Russia. After her are Guinevere, Julia Domna, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Constance, Queen of Sicily, Caterina Sforza, and Mary of Teck.

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Contemporaries

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, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Giulio Clovio, Sophie of Pomerania, Andrés de Urdaneta, Andreas Osiander, Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, and Hieronymus Bock. Among people deceased in 1552, Katharina von Bora ranks 2. Before her is Francis Xavier. After her are Sebastian Münster, Basil Fool for Christ, Petrus Apianus, Paolo Giovio, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Olaus Petri, Guru Angad, Andreas Osiander, Antonio de Mendoza, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Katharina von Bora ranks 342 out of 7,253. Before her are Adolf Butenandt (1903), Ferdinand I of Romania (1865), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Emil Nolde (1867), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), and Jürgen Klinsmann (1964). After her are Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567), August von Mackensen (1849), Adam Weishaupt (1748), Richard Dedekind (1831), and Martin Niemöller (1892).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Katharina von Bora ranks 11. Before her are Anne of Cleves (1515), Magda Goebbels (1901), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), and Sepp Dietrich (1892). After her are Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817).

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