Catharina de Grebber

Catharina de Grebber
Bornc. 1496
DiedAfter 1515
NationalityDutch
Known forVictim of kidnapping and rape

Catharina de Grebber (c. 1496 – after 1515) was a Dutch woman. She is known as the victim of a famous case of kidnapping and rape in the Netherlands in 1515. The case was widely famed in the contemporary Netherlands, where it was published and popular within literature: it was also the subject of a song, where Catharina de Grebber was described as a rabbit persecuted by a hunter.