life in Savoy, founded many new buildings including an art gallery. Due to her influence, her sons were educated in Spain. Catherine Michaela died in childbirth near the end of 1597. She had been constantly pregnant during much of her twelve years of marriage, giving birth almost once per year, and she had miscarried earlier that year. Her death is said to have hastened the death of her old father, who died the following year. Children In 1585, Catherine Michaela married Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. This marriage produced ten children in just eleven years: Philip Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont (1586–1605) Victor Amadeus (1587–1637) Emanuel Filibert of Savoy, (1588–1624), Spanish Viceroy of Sicily, (1622–24). Margaret (1589–1655), married Francesco IV Gonzaga of Mantua Isabella (1591–1626), married Alfonso III d'Este, duke of Modena Maurice, a cardinal (1593–1657) Maria Apollonia, a nun in Rome (1594–1656) Francesca Caterina, a nun in Biella (1595–1640) Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596–1656), Founder of the House of Savoy-Carignano and ancestor of the erstwhile ruling Family of Italy Giovanna (born and died 1597) Ancestry References Sources |- 1567 births 1597 deaths 16th-century Spanish people 16th-century Spanish women 16th-century House of Habsburg Nobility from Madrid Austrian princesses Spanish infantas Duchesses of Savoy Deaths in childbirth Portuguese infantas 16th-century women rulers Children of Philip II of Spain Spanish people of Austrian descent Castilian infantas Aragonese infantas Sofonisba Anguissola Daughters of kings