Katharina von der Mark

Katharina von der Mark (1310–1360) was princess-abbess of the Imperial abbey of Essen from 1337 until her death. A daughter of Count Engelbert II of the Mark, she was elected through her brother Count Adolf II, the abbey's advocate, and installed on 11 August 1337 after an age dispensation from Pope Benedict XII.

In 1338 she renounced the Kurmud, her right to a dead peasant's horse and weapons. She died on 27 September 1360 and was buried in Essen Minster.