Infanta : The Short, Remarkable Life of Catalina Micaela.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sánchez, Magdalena S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Princesses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The first full biography of Catalina Micaela, infanta of Spain and duchess of Savoy Catalina Micaela was the younger daughter of Philip II and granddaughter of Catherine de Medici.Aged just seventeen, Catalina married Carlo I, duke of Savoy, and moved from the royal court in Madrid to Turin to begin a new life as a duchess.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PLATES

NOTE ON NAMES AND SOURCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Map of the Duchy of Savoy

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1 AN INFANTA AT THE ROYAL COURT IN SPAIN

chapter 2 A RELUCTANT BRIDE

chapter 3 FROM SPANISH INFANTA TO DUCHESS OF SAVOY

chapter 4 WRITING LETTERS TO ENDURE THE SOLITUDE

chapter 5 THE DUKES LIEUTENANT

chapter 6 FLOWERS, PORTRAITS, AND BANNERS

chapter 7 CATALINA AS DYNASTIC PROGENITRIX

chapter 8 LOVING HER CHILDREN, LONGING FOR CARLO

chapter 9 RELIGIOUS IMAGES, MARIAN DEVOTIONS, CONFESSION, AND COMMUNION

chapter 10 THE WORLD LOSES THAT INCOMPARABLE WOMAN

ENDNOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-300-28610-4

OCLC:

1570227895