Katharina Renata of Austria
Jakob de Monte - Archduchess Katharina Renea (1576–1595) in a black dress, half-length portrait, around 1591, Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna
Katharina Renata of Austria (born January 4, 1576 in Graz , † June 29, 1599 in Graz) from the House of Habsburgs was an Archduchess of Austria .
Life
Katharina Renata was a daughter of Archduke Karl II of Austria-Styria (1540–1590) from his marriage to Maria Anna (1551–1608), daughter of the Bavarian Duke Albrecht V. With Katharina Renata and her sisters the famous Habsburg lower lip should be restored have come out clearly.
Katharina Renata was engaged to Ranuccio I Farnese , Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1569–1622), but died before the marriage at the age of 23, before the marriage negotiations got underway. She was buried in the Habsburg mausoleum of the Seckau basilica .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Katharina Renata von Steiermark . No. 162. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 6th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1860, p. 404 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ German Society for Racial Hygiene: Archive for Racial and Society Biology including Racial and Society Hygiene , Volume 8, p. 779 digitized
- ↑ Yearbook for European History 2007 , Volume 8, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2007, p. 47
- ^ Brigitte Hamann: Die Habsburger: ein biographisches Lexikon , Piper, 1988, p. 278
- ^ Benno Roth: Seckau: Geschichte und Kultur, 1164-1964 , Herold, 1964, p. 213
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Katharina Renata of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katharina Renea of Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archduchess of Austria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1576 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1595 |
| Place of death | Graz |