Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria

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

Catherine Renata of Austria
Portrait c. 1595
Born	4 January 1576 Graz, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	29 June 1599(1599-06-29) (aged 23) Seckau Abbey, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Charles II, Archduke of Austria
Mother	Maria Anna of Bavaria

Early life

Archduchess Catherine Renata c.1577

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 in 1599, between her and Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma ended when Catherine Renata suddenly died aged twenty-three.^[2] She was buried in the Seckau Abbey.^[3]