Katharina von Bora was the daughter of a Jan von Bora auf Lippendorf and his wife Margarete, whose family name has not been established. Both were only specifically mentioned in the year 1505. It is certain that her father sent the five-year-old Katharina to the Benedictine cloister in Brehna in 1504 for education. This is documented in a letter from Laurentius Zoch to Martin Luther, written on October 30, 1531. This letter is the only evidence for Katharina von Bora's time spent within the monastery. At the age of nine she moved to the Cistercian monastery of Marienthron (Mary's Throne) in Nimbschen, near
Kingdom of Bora Bora France in 1888 and its last queen Teriimaevarua III was forced to abdicate in 1895. The history of Bora Bora is marked by the rivalry of two clans: one based near Faanui, consisting of families attached to the "marae" Farerua, and the other consisting of the families of Nunue and Anau around the "marae" Vaiotaha, which was long among the most important "marae" of Polynesia. In this respect, Bora Bora is likewise marked by the rivalry with Raiatea in pursuit of religious power. Up to a certain period, a certain parallelism can be seen between the institutions of Bora Bora