Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria

Archduchess of Austria
Catherine Renata of Austria
Archduchess of Austria
Portrait by Jakob de Monte, 1591.
Born4 January 1576
Graz, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire
Died29 June 1599(1599-06-29) (aged 23)
Seckau Abbey, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire
HouseHouse of Habsburg
FatherCharles II, Archduke of Austria
MotherMaria Anna of Bavaria

Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria (4 January 1576 – 29 June 1599) was a member of the House of Habsburg.

Early life

Archduchess Catherine Renata c.1577

She was the daughter of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, the son of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and his wife, Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her elder brother Archduke Ferdinand succeeded Matthias as Holy Roman Emperor in 1619.

Biography

Born in Graz, Catherine Renata, like all her siblings , suffered from the famous Habsburg jaw.[1] Negotiations for a marriage between her and Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma ended when Catherine Renata suddenly died aged twenty-three.[2][3] She was buried in the Seckau Abbey.[4]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria
16. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor[12]
8. Philip I of Castile[7][8] (= 28)
17. Mary of Burgundy[12]
4. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[5] (=14)
18. Ferdinand II of Aragon[13]
9. Joanna of Castile[8] (= 29)
19. Isabella I of Castile[13]
2. Charles II of Austria
20. Casimir IV Jagiellon[14]
10. Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary[9] (= 30)
21. Elisabeth of Austria[14]
5. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary[5] (=15)
22. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale[15]
11. Anna of Foix-Candale[9] (= 31)
23. Catherine of Foix[15]
1. Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria
24. Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria[16]
12. William IV, Duke of Bavaria[10]
25. Kunigunde of Austria[16]
6. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria[6]
26. Philip I, Margrave of Baden[17]
13. Marie of Baden-Sponheim[10]
27. Elisabeth of the Palatinate[17]
3. Maria Anna of Bavaria
28. Philip I of Castile (= 8)
14. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor[11] (= 4)
29. Joanna of Castile (= 9)
7. Anna of Austria[6]
30. Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary (= 10)
15. Anna of Bohemia and Hungary[11] (= 5)
31. Anna of Foix-Candale (= 11)

References

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  1. ^ German Society for Racial Hygiene, Archiv für Rassen- und Gesellschafts-Biologie, einschliesslich Rassen- und Gesellschafts-Hygiene, vol. VIII, p. 779. On-line
  2. ^ Jahrbuch fur Europaische Geschichte 2007, vol. VIII, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2007, p. 47.
  3. ^ Brigitte Hamann, Die Habsburger: ein biographisches Lexikon, Piper, 1988, p. 278.
  4. ^ Benno Roth, Seckau: Geschichte und Kultur, 1164–1964, Herold, 1964, p. 213.
  5. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Karl II. von Steiermark" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 352 – via Wikisource.
  6. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Bayern" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 20 – via Wikisource.
  7. ^ Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  8. ^ a b Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  9. ^ a b Obermayer-Marnach, Eva (1953), "Anna Jagjello", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 299; (full text online)
  10. ^ a b Goetz, Walter (1953), "Albrecht V.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 158–160; (full text online)
  11. ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (1528–1587)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 151 – via Wikisource.
  12. ^ a b Philip I, King of Castile at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  13. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joanna" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  14. ^ a b Casimir IV, King of Poland at the Encyclopædia Britannica
  15. ^ a b Revue de l'Agenais (in French). Vol. 4. Société des sciences, lettres et arts d'Agen. 1877. p. 497.
  16. ^ a b Riezler, Sigmund Ritter von (1897), "Wilhelm IV.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 42, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 705–717
  17. ^ a b Brüning, Rainer (2001), "Philipp I.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 372; (full text online)
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