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Infanta Catarina
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Infanta Catarina in Genealogia dos Reis de Portugal (António de Holanda; 1530-1534)
Born 1436
Died 1463
Burial Church of St. Elói, Lisbon
House House of Aviz
Father Edward of Portugal
Mother Eleanor of Aragon
Religion Roman Catholicism

The Infanta Catarina (1436–1463; (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐtɐˈɾinɐ]; English: Catherine) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Edward of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon.

Life

Catherine was born in Lisbon on November 26, 1436. She was promised to marry Charles IV of Navarre but he died and Catherine turned to a religious life in the Convent of Saint Claire. She was a cultivated infanta author of many books regarding morality and religion. She died on June 17, 1463 and is buried in Lisbon at the Saint Elói Church.

Ancestry

Family of Catherine of Portugal (nun)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Afonso IV of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Peter I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Beatrice of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. John I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Lourenço Martins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Teresa Lourenço
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Sancha Martins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Edward I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Edward III of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Philippa of Hainault
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Philippa of Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Blanche of Lancaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Isabel de Beaumont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Catherine of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Henry II of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. John I of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Juana Manuel of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Ferdinand I of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Peter IV of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Eleanor of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Eleanor of Sicily
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Eleanor of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Alfonso XI of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Eleanor of Guzman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Eleanor of Alburquerque
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Peter I of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Infanta Beatrix of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Inês de Castro
 
 
 
 
 
 

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