Infanta Catarina (English: Catherine) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Duarte I of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon. She was promised to marry Charles IV of Navarre but he died before the marriage could take place and her brother, after securing the marriages of her sisters to the King of Castile and the Holy Roman Emperor, had no further need of marriage alliances with other houses. Thus, Catarina turned to a religious life in Convento de Santa Clara. She was a cultivated infanta, and an author of many books regarding morality and religion. Originally interred in Convento de Santo Elói, she was later moved to Convento de São Bento de Xabregas (also known as Convento do Beato António). Her remains were later buried in a common grave in the churchyard of the same convent, after the extinction of religious orders and its sale to house factories and workshops. The building was also significantly damaged in a fire in the 1840s. Her original empty tomb is displayed in the Museum of Convento do Carmo, although her remains were lost.
Infanta Catarina (English: Catherine) was a Portuguese infanta (princess), daughter of King Duarte I of Portugal and his wife Eleanor of Aragon. She was promised to marry Charles IV of Navarre but he died before the marriage could take place and her brother, after securing the marriages of her sisters to the King of Castile and the Holy Roman Emperor, had no further need of marriage alliances with other houses. Thus, Catarina turned to a religious life in Convento de Santa Clara. She was a cultivated infanta, and an author of many books regarding morality and religion. Originally interred in Convento de Santo Elói, she was later moved to Convento de São Bento de Xabregas (also known as Convento do Beato António). Her remains were later buried in a common grave in the churchyard of the same convent, after the extinction of religious orders and its sale to house factories and workshops. The building was also significantly damaged in a fire in the 1840s. Her original empty tomb is displayed in the Museum of Convento do Carmo, although her remains were lost.
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