Infanta – The Short, Remarkable Life of Catalina Micaela - Magdalena S. Sánchez

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.  Overlooked by historians and little known today, Catalina was nonetheless a key figure in sixteenth-century Europe. A woman of intelligence, forceful personality, and strong... Zobrazit více