Catalina Micaela of Austria

Caterina Micaela of Austria, Infanta of Spain, Infanta of Portugal, Archduchess of Austria (Catalina Micaela de Austria; 10 October 1567 – 6 November 1597) was a Duchess consort o Savoy who also served as Regent of Savoy several times during the absence of her husband, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. She was a sister of Isabel Clara Eugenia, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.

==Marriage On 11 March 1585, Archduchess Catalina Micaela married Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy eventually giving him ten children prior to her death in childbirth in 1597.

Children

 * 1) Philip Emanuel, Prince of Piedmont (8 April 1586 - 9 February 1605) died young.
 * 2) Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (8 May 1587 - 7 October 1637),
 * 3) Prince Emanuel Filibert of Savoy,  (April 16 1588 – August 4 1624)  viceroy of Sicily.
 * 4) Princess Margaret of Savoy (28 April 1589 - 26 June 1655);, married Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua
 * 5) Princess Isabella of Savoy (11 March 1591 - 22 August 1626)  married Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena
 * 6) Prince Maurice of Savoy, a cardinal  (10 January 1593 - 4 October 1657) called the "Cardinal of Savoy" married Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy.
 * 7) Maria Apollonia of Savoy  (8 February 1594 - 13 July 1656) nun.
 * 8) Francesca Caterina of Savoy (6 October 1595 - 20 October 1640); nun.
 * 9) Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano 21 December 1596 – 22 January 1656) Founded the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy. Married Marie de Bourbon and had children.