Catherine I, Latin Empress

Catherine I
Marchioness of Namur
Lady of Courteney, Mortargis and Balcon
Latin Empress of Constantinople
Reign15 December 1283 – 11 October 1307
PredecessorPhilip I
SuccessorCatherine II
Co-rulerCharles (1301–1307)
Born25 November 1274
Died11 October 1307 (aged 32)
Paris, France
Burial
SpouseCharles of Valois
Issue
HouseCourtenay
FatherPhilip of Courtenay
MotherBeatrice of Sicily

Catherine I, also Catherine of Courtenay (25 November 1274 – 11 October 1307), was the recognized Latin Empress of Constantinople from 1283 to 1307, although she lived in exile and only held authority over Crusader States in Greece. In 1301, she became the second wife of Charles of Valois, by whom she had one son and three daughters; the eldest of these, Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea succeeded her as titular empress.