Katharina von bora biography template

Wife of Martin Luther (c. 1499–1552)

Katharina von Bora (German:[kataˈʁiːnaːfɔnˈboːʁaː]; 29 January 1499? – 20 December 1552), after her wedding Katharina Luther, also referred to as "die Lutherin" ('the Lutheress'),^[1] 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.^[2]

Ancestry

Katharina von Bora was the daughter to a family of Saxon lesser nobility.^[3][4][5] According to common belief, she was born on 29 January 1499 in Lippendorf, but there is no evidence of this in contemporary documents.

Due to there being multiple branches in her family and the uncertainty of her birth name, there are diverging theories about her place of birth.^[6] One of the