The Infantas Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela: Models of the Perfect Polite and Educated Princess

The infants Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela de Habsburgo y Valois, embodied, with their culture and distinction, the model of the well educated princess. Daughters of Philip II and Isabel de Valois, they received a careful education, reflection of the power of the absolute monarch Philip II. Therefore, this article analyses the education of the infants, their knowledge, their virtues and the manners that exalted the figure of the Infanta of Spain and the institution she personified.