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Katharina von Bora

1499 to 1552 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Katharina von Bora across 3 places, from 1499 to 1534. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Katharina von Bora (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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Katharina von Bora was documented, and when

29 January 1499exact date
Lippendorfattested “According to common belief, she was born on 29 January 1499 in Lippendorf, but there is no evidence of this in contemporary documents.” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora
27 December 1534exact date
Wittenbergattested “Margareta Luther, born in Wittenberg on 27 December 1534, married into a noble, wealthy Prussian family, to Georg von Kunheim (Wehlau, 1 July 1523 – Mühlhausen , 18 October 1611, the son of Georg von Kunheim and wife Margarethe, Truchses…” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora
27 December 1534exact date
Gvardeyskoye, Kaliningrad Oblastattested “Margareta Luther, born in Wittenberg on 27 December 1534, married into a noble, wealthy Prussian family, to Georg von Kunheim (Wehlau, 1 July 1523 – Mühlhausen , 18 October 1611, the son of Georg von Kunheim and wife Margarethe, Truchses…” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora

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Places Katharina von Bora is documented in

Wittenberg1 presence · 1534
Gvardeyskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast1 presence · 1534
Lippendorf1 presence · 1499

Other places tied to Katharina von Bora in the record

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1504 to 1531period
Brehnamentioned “Her father sent five-year-old von Bora to a Benedictine convent in Brehna in 1504 to be educated, according to a letter Laurentius Zoch sent to Martin Luther in 1531.” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora
1547year
Braunschweigmentioned “After she returned, the approaching war forced another flight in 1547, this time to Braunschweig.” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora
July 1547month
Wittenbergmentioned “In July 1547, at the close of the war, she was able to return to Wittenberg.” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora
1552year
Wittenbergmentioned “She remained in Wittenberg in poverty until 1552, when an outbreak of the Black Plague and a harvest failure forced her to leave the city once again.” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora
20 December 1552exact date
Torgaumentioned “For three months, she went in and out of consciousness, before dying in Torgau on 20 December 1552, at the age of 53.” source: Wikipedia: Katharina von Bora

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