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Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland

1533 - 1572

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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 and Lithuanian Grand Duke 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland is the 3,468th most popular politician (down from 3,070th in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Austria (down from 214th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Austrian Politician.

Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, was most famous for being the wife of King Władysław IV and the mother of King John II Casimir.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland ranks 3,468 out of 19,576. Before her are Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Fumimaro Konoe, Christopher II of Denmark, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Ebrahim Raisi, and Ferdinand II of León. After her are Rafael Correa, Amalaric, John Dickinson, Jean Moulin, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, and Nyuserre Ini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland ranks 10. Before her are Stephen Báthory, Eric XIV of Sweden, Giacomo della Porta, Ismail II, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Andrea Gabrieli. After her are Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Abdullah Khan II, Mōri Terumoto, Claudio Merulo, Hieronymus Fabricius, and Alonso de Ercilla. Among people deceased in 1572, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland ranks 12. Before her are Şah Sultan, Gaspard II de Coligny, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, John Knox, Longqing Emperor, and François Clouet. After her are Isaac Luria, Miguel López de Legazpi, Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, and Claude Goudimel.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland ranks 229 out of 1,424. Before her are Georg von Peuerbach (1423), Miep Gies (1909), Gerhard Berger (1959), Mercédès Jellinek (1889), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817). After her are Erich von Stroheim (1885), Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553), and Bruno Bettelheim (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland ranks 71. Before her are Baron Alexander von Bach (1813), Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1759), Wilhelm Miklas (1872), Jörg Haider (1950), Maria Antonia of Austria (1669), and Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418). After her are Leopold I, Duke of Austria (1290), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1680), Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553), Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (1586), Anna of Tyrol (1585), and Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (1176).

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