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Catherine of Lorraine, Margravine of Baden-Baden

1407 – 10 Mar 1439

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 1407

    Born

  2. 1431

    A daughter is born

  3. 10 Mar 1439

    Dies

Family

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Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1420s · Catherine is 13 to 22

News and letters

Around 1485–1525

Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.

News and letters

Around 1485–1525

Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.