According to her Wikipedia article, she was the daughter of Isabel of Portugal and sister of Holy Roman Empress Maria of Austria, briefly married to João Manuel of Portugal (who died of illness), King Sebastian of Portugal’s mother, and regent for Felipe II of Spain. She founded the Convent of Our Lady of Consolation (Nuestra Señora de la Consolación) in 1557. She also acted on behalf of the Jesuits.
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ca. 1555 Caterina de' Medici by ? (Galleria degli Uffizi - Firenze, Toscana, Italy)
ca. 1586 Isabel Clara Eugenia with Magdalena Ruiz by the studio of Alonso Sanchez Coello (Museo Nacional del Prado - Madrid, Spain)
Full length portrait of Juana de Habsburgo in a gold-embroidered black dress (embajada española - Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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