Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551–1608)

For other people named Maria Anna of Bavaria, see Maria Anna of Bavaria (disambiguation).

Maria Anna of Bavaria
Archduchess consort of Austria
Tenure	26 August 1571 – 10 July 1590
Spouse	Charles II of Austria
Issue
Anna, Queen of Poland Maria Christierna, Countess of Tyrol Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor Margaret, Queen of Spain and Portugal Leopold V, Archduke of Austria Constance, Queen of Poland Maria Magdalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
House	House of Wittelsbach (by birth) House of Habsburg(by marriage)
Father	Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Anne of Austria
Born	21 March 1551 Munich, Germany
Died	29 April 1608 (aged 57) Graz, Austria

Maria Anna of Bavaria (21 March 1551, Munich – 29 April 1608, Graz)^[1] was the daughter of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528–1579) and Anna of Austria (1528–1590), and the wife of Archduke Charles II of Austria.

Family

Her paternal grandparents were William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1493–1550) and Maria Jacoba, Margravine of Baden (1507–1580). Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503–1564) and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1503–1547), daughter of King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary and his wife Anne de Foix. King Louis XIV of France is her lineal descendant.^[2]

Maria Anna was the fourth of seven siblings, only five of the children lived through to adulthood. Maria Anna's siblings included: William V, Duke of Bavaria, Ernest of Bavaria, Ferdinand of Bavaria and her unmarried sister, Maximiliana Maria of Bavaria (who once was appointed to marry king Sebastian of Portugal).

Marriage and children

On 26 August 1571 in Vienna Maria Anna married her maternal uncle, Charles II of Austria (1540–1590). At first the Duke was a suitor of Elizabeth I of England for almost a decade. However, despite long term negotiations the queen refused to marry Charles.

Within nineteen years of marriage, Charles and Maria Anna had fifteen children:

• Ferdinand (b./d. 1572)
• Anna of Austria (1573–1598), married in 1592 Sigismund III Vasa of Poland (1566–1632)
• Maria Christina of Austria (1574–1621), married in 1595 Sigismund Báthory von Siebenburgen (1572–1613)
• Catherine Renata of Austria(1576–1599)
• Elisabeth (1577–1586)
• Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578–1637), married in 1600 a younger Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574–1616) and in 1622 Eleonore Gonzaga (1598–1655)
• Karl (1579–1580)
• Gregoria (1581–1597)
• Eleonora (1582–1620)
• Maximilian (1583–1616)
• Margaret of Austria (1584–1611), married in 1599 Philip III of Spain (1578–1621). She was the mother of Anne of Austria, Queen Consort of France
• Leopold V of Austria (1586–1632), married in 1626 Claudia de' Medici (1604–1648)
• Constance of Austria (1588–1631), married in 1605 Sigismund III Vasa of Poland (1566–1632)
• Maria Magdalena (1589–1631), married in 1608 Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590–1621)
• Karl (1590–1624)

Gallery of Family

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  Maria Anna

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  Her husband

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  Anna of Austria Queen of Poland

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  Emperor Ferdinand II

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  Erzherzogin Gregoria Maximiliane (1581−1597)

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  Erzherzogin Eleonore (1582−1620), Stiftsdame zu Hall/Tirol

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  Erzherzog Maximilian Ernst (1583−1616), seit 1615 Hoch- und Deutschmeister

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  Margaret of Austria, 1609, by Bartolomé González y Serrano

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  Erzherzog Leopold V. von Österreich-Tirol, um 1630

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  Constance Queen of Poland

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  Ritratto di Maria Maddalena d'Austria, Tiberio Titi, depositi degli Uffizi.

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  Bishop Karol I Habsburg.

Ancestry

Bibliography

• HAMANN, Brigitte, Die Habsburger: Ein Biografisches Lexicon (Munich: Piper, 1988).
• SÁNCHEZ, Magdalena, (2000) A Woman's Influence: Archduchess Maria of Bavaria and the Spanish Habsburgs. In C. Kent, T.K. Wolber, C.M.K. Hewitt (Eds.) The lion and the eagle: interdisciplinary essays on German-Spanish relations over the centuries (pp. 91–107). New York: Berghahn Books.

References

1. WorldRoots.com

1. ^ Maria von Wittelsbach
2. ^ Ancestors of Maria von Wittelsbach

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Name	Maria Anna Of Bavaria
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	21 March 1551
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
Date of death	29 April 1608
Place of death	Graz, Austria