Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria

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Portrait of Archduchess Catherine Renata, by Jakob de Monte, ca. 1591.

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

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 as Holy Roman Emperor in 1619.

Life

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

Ancestors

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

References

  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.
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