Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo
Catherine Birgersdotter of Bjelbo, was a Princess consort of Anhalt, married to Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. She was the daughter of the Swedish regent Birger Jarl and Princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden.Marriage and issue
On 17 October 1259, Catherine married Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. At the time of the wedding, her older brother was King Waldemar of Sweden by right of their mother.
They had ten children:
- Albert I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst.
- Prince Henry of Anhalt-Zerbst, Provost of Halberstadt.
- Prince Siegfried of Anhalt-Zerbst, a canon in Magdeburg.
- Prince Hermann of Anhalt-Zerbst, a Teutonic knight, Comtur at Dessau in 1327.
- Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Zerbst, Abbess of Coswig.
- Princess Hedwig of Anhalt-Zerbst, Abbess of Coswig.
- Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, a nun in Coswig.
- Princess Judith of Anhalt-Zerbst, a nun in Coswig.
- Princess Konstanze of Anhalt-Zerbst, a nun in Coswig.
- Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst ; married Ludwig of Hakeborn, son of Albrecht III, Count of Hackeborn, and had issue.
