Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria (4 January 1576 – 29 June 1599) was a member of the
House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
.
She was the daughter of
Archduke Charles II of Austria, the son of
Emperor Ferdinand I, and
Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her elder brother
Archduke Ferdinand succeeded
Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In religion:
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
* ...
as
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...
in 1619.
Life
Born in
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
and like all of her siblings, Catherine Renata suffered from the famous
Habsburg inferior lip. Negotiations for a marriage between her and
Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma ended when Catherine Renata suddenly died aged twenty-three. She was buried in the
Seckau Abbey
Seckau Abbey (german: Abbey of Our Lady) is a Benedictine Order, Benedictine monastery and Co-Cathedral in Seckau in Styria, Austria.
History
Middle Ages
Seckau Abbey was endowed in 1140 by Canons Regular, Augustinian canons. An already existin ...
.
[Benno Roth, ''Seckau: Geschichte und Kultur, 1164–1964'', Herold, 1964, p. 213.]
Ancestors
References
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1576 births
1599 deaths
16th-century House of Habsburg
Austrian princesses
Daughters of monarchs