Maria Anna of Spain
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'Infanta Maria Anna of Austria, future Empress' by Velazquez, 1630.
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Holy Roman Empress; German Queen; Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia; Archduchess consort of Austria |
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| Tenure | 15 February 1637 – 13 May 1646 |
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18 August 1606 El Escorial, Spain |
| Died | 13 May 1646 (aged 39) Linz, Austria |
| Spouse | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor |
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Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans Mariana, Queen of Spain Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Philip III of Spain |
| Mother | Margaret of Austria |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Maria Anna of Spain (18 August 1606 – 13 May 1646), was by birth Infanta of Spain and by marriage Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor.
Daughter of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, prior to her Imperial marriage she was considered a possible wife for Charles, Prince of Wales; the event, later known in history as the "Spanish Match", provoked a domestic and political crisis in the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. In the imperial court in Vienna was continue to be strongly influenced by her native Spanish culture (from clothes to music) and also promote the strengthening of relations between the Imperial and Spanish branches of the House of Habsburg.
Infanta Maria Anna of Spain was born in the Palace of El Escorial, near Madrid, on 18 August 1606 as the fourth child and third (but second surviving) daughter of King Philip III of Spain and his wife Margaret of Austria, Archduchess of the Inner Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg. Of her seven siblings, only four survived infancy: Anna (later wife of King Louis XIII of France), Philip IV of Spain, Charles (who died young in 1632) and Ferdinand (the later known Cardinal-Infante and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands). Maria Anna's parents had a close kinship: her father was her mother's first cousin once-removed. On her father's side she was the granddaughter of King Philip II of Spain, and his fourth wife and niece Archduchess Anne of Austria, and on her mother's side she was the granddaughter of Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria and his wife Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria.
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