Catarina is a feminine

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. It is a Portuguese, and Galician form of the name ''

Katherine Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and Catherina, other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Ch ...

''. It may refer to:

Portuguese infantas

* Infanta Catarina of Portugal (1436–1463), daughter of

Edward, King of Portugal Edward ( ; 31 October 1391 – 9 September 1438), also called Edward the Philosopher King (''Duarte o Rei-Filósofo'') or the Eloquent (''o Eloquente''), was the King of Portugal from 1433 until his death. He was born in Viseu, the son of John I o ...

Infanta Catarina, Duchess of Braganza Infanta Catherine of Portugal, Duchess of Braganza by marriage (; , 18 January 1540 – 15 November 1614) was a Portugal, Portuguese ''infanta'' (princess) claimant to the throne during the Portuguese succession crisis of 1580. Biography Ba ...

(1540–1614), granddaughter of

Manuel I, King of Portugal Manuel I (; 31 May 146913 December 1521), known as the Fortunate (), was list of Portuguese monarchs, King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521. A member of the House of Aviz, Manuel was Duke of Beja and Duke of Viseu, Viseu prior to succeeding his cou ...

and pretender to the Portuguese throne *

Catherine of Braganza Catherine of Braganza (; 25 November 1638 – 31 December 1705) was List of English royal consorts, Queen of England, List of Scottish royal consorts, Scotland and Ireland during her marriage to Charles II of England, King Charles II, which la ...

(1638–1705), wife and consort of Charles II, King of England, Scots, and Ireland

Other people

Catarina Eufémia Catarina Efigénia Sabino Eufémia (; February 13, 1928May 19, 1954) was an illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal, who was murdered during a worker's strike by lieutenant Carrajola of the Guarda Nacional Republicana in Monte do Olival, Ba ...

, illiterate harvester from Alentejo, Portugal who was murdered during a worker's strike *

Catarina Lindqvist Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of World No. 10 in April 1985 and won five singles titles. She rea ...

, professional tennis player *

Catarina Ruivo Catarina Ruivo (b. Coimbra, 1971), Portuguese film director. Catarina Ruivo studied at the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema in Lisbon, specializing her studies in cinematography editing. Later she directed and edited the short film '' Uma Cer ...

, Portuguese film director * Catarina Rodrigues, Portuguese judoka * Catarina van Hemessen, Flemish Renaissance painter * Dona Catarina, Sinhala noble, Queen of the

Kingdom of Kandy The Kingdom of Kandy was a monarchy on the Sri Lanka, island of Sri Lanka, located in the central and eastern portion of the island. It was founded in the late 15th century and endured until the early 19th century. Initially a client kingdom ...

in 1591 and again from 1594-1604 {{given name Feminine given names