Katherine III

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Katherine III
Katherine III.jpg
Katherine III depicted in a 1691 portrait by Ulbrecht Waltz the Younger
Lady Queen of the Heldervinian City-states
Reign26 April 1663 – 7 December 1767
Coronation12 July 1664
PredecessorChaburteen VIII
SuccessorKatherine V
Born11 August 1627
Old Figerbün
Died7 December 1767(1767-12-07) (aged 140)
Old Figerbün
Burial2 January 1768
Originally the St. Edward Chapel, later the Vrebsicourgi Palace
Spouse
  • Isaac Möller
    (m. 1642; died 1704)
  • Lukas Mann
    (m. 1680; died 1713)
IssueKatherine IV
HouseStein
FatherChaburteen VIII
MotherAdelinde Jung
ReligionOriginally Saletrism, started Katherinicanism

Katherine III' (11 August 1627 – 7 December 1767) was Lady Queen of the Heldervinian City-states from 26 April 1663 until her death in 1767. Katherine is known for her exceptionally long reign and lifespan, as well as being the founder of Katherinicanism[1] following a dispute with Defender of the Faith Cassandra III.

Early Life

Born on 11 August 1627 in Old Figerbün[2], Katherine Stein was the first child of Chaburteen VIII and Adelinde Jung. Chaburteen's hold over the Heldervinian City-states was relatively insecure, and in 1630, faced a widescale rebellion by noblemen. Seventeen days after her birth, Sir Wilmar Wegener II and IX, a Heldervinian nobleman and saw the newborn and Adelinde. Katherine "was quite well-sized, likely to make a good Lady Queen". In June 1632, she was appointed to the Order of Knights[3], the first female to have been so.

  1. Lady Queen Laws of Holiness and Saletrism, p. 1
  2. 1630 Census of Old Figerün, p. 18
  3. Stein, Chaburteen VIII (1630), "It is with great honour and hope, that on this 17th June day of 1632, I appoint my daughter and heir, Katherine III, as a member of the Order of Knights." (Order of Knights official website)