Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland
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Catherine of Austria (Polish: Katarzyna Habsburżanka; Lithuanian: Kotryna Habsburgaitė; 15 September 1533 – 28 February 1572) was one of the fifteen children of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary. In 1553, she married Polish King Sigismund II Augustus and became Queen consort of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania. Their marriage was not happy and they had no children together. After a likely miscarriage in 1554 and a bout of illness in 1558, Sigismund became increasingly distant. He tried but failed to obtain a divorce from the pope. In 1565, Catherine returned to Austria and lived in Linz until her death. Sigismund died just a few months after her, bringing the male line of the Jagiellon dynasty to its end. The dynasty would continue, strictly speaking, for one more reign—that of Sigismund Augustus’ sister, Anna Jagiellon, who was crowned with the male title of Rex Poloniae.
Catherine of Austria | |
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Tenure | 1553–1572 |
Coronation | 30 July 1553 in Wawel Cathedral |
Duchess consort of Mantua and Montferrat | |
Tenure | 22 October 1549 – 22 February 1550 |
Born | (1533-09-15)15 September 1533 Innsbruck or Vienna, Holy Roman Empire |
Died | 28 February 1572(1572-02-28) (aged 38) Linz, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
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Spouse | |
House | House of Habsburg |
Father | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor |
Mother | Anna of Bohemia and Hungary |