Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria explained

Catherine Renata of Austria
Archduchess of Austria
House:	House of Habsburg
Father:	Charles II, Archduke of Austria
Mother:	Maria Anna of Bavaria
Birth Date:	4 January 1576
Birth Place:	Graz, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire
Death Place:	Seckau Abbey, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire

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

Early life

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]

Notes and 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]
4. Benno Roth, Seckau: Geschichte und Kultur, 1164–1964, Herold, 1964, p. 213.