Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan

Princess Wilhelmine
Duchess of Sagan
Wilhelmine von Sagan, by Joseph Maria Grassi, 1799
Born(1781-02-08)8 February 1781
Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
Died29 November 1839(1839-11-29) (aged 58)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Spouse
Prince Louis de Rohan-Guémenée
(m. 1800; div. 1805)
Prince Vasily Troubetzkoy
(m. 1805; div. 1806)
Count Karl Rudolf von der Schulenburg
(m. 1819; div. 1828)
IssueAdelaide Gustava Aspasie Armfelt (illegitimate)
Names
Katharina Friederike Wilhelmine Benigna
FatherPeter von Biron
MotherDorothea von Medem
ReligionRoman Catholic,
prev. Lutheran
Princess Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan by Bertel Thorvaldsen 1818, Albertinum, Dresden

Katharina Friederike Wilhelmine Benigna, Princess of Courland, Duchess of Sagan (born 8 February 1781 in Mitau, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia); died 29 November 1839 in Vienna, Austrian Empire) was a German noble from the ruling family of Courland and Semigallia (today part of Latvia) and a Duchess of Sagan. Wilhelmine is mainly known for her relationship with Klemens Metternich, a statesman of the Austrian Empire.

French transcription of her name is Wilhelmine Catherine Frédérique Biron, Czech Kateřina Frederika Vilhelmína princezna Kuronská. Among the Czechs she is known as kněžna Kateřina Zaháňská (Zaháň is Czech name for Żagań).