Maria Anna of Bavaria (18 December 1574 – 8 March 1616), was a

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princess, a member of the

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by birth and Archduchess consort of Inner Austria by marriage. Born in

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, she was the fourth child and second (but eldest surviving) daughter of

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and

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Life

On 23 April 1600, Maria Anna married her first-cousin Ferdinand, Archduke of Inner Austria at

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. This marriage reaffirmed the alliance between the

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and

. Without interfering in politics, Maria Anna lived in her husband's shadow. Maria Anna died in

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aged 41, three years before the coronation of her husband as King of Bohemia and King of Hungary and his elevation to Holy Roman Emperor. She was buried in the Mausoleum near the Cathedral, Graz.''WITTELSBACH KURFÜRSTEN OF BAVARIA'' in: royaltyguide.nl
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Issue

* Archduchess Christine (25 May 1601 – 12/21 June 1601). * Archduke Charles (born and died 25 May 1603). * Archduke John-Charles (1 November 1605 – 28 December 1619). * Ferdinand III (13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, married: ** 1631

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** 1648

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** 1651 Eleanor Gonzaga * Archduchess Maria Anna (13 January 1610 – 25 September 1665), married on 15 July 1635 to

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(her uncle). * Archduchess Cecilia Renata (16 July 1611 – 24 March 1644), married on 9 August 1637 to Wladyslaw IV, King of

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(her cousin). * Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (6 January 1614 – 20 November 1662), Bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (1625–37), Olmütz (1637–55), Breslau (1655–62), Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1647–56), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1641–62).

Ancestry

Notes

References

Constantin von Wurzbach Constantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author. Biography He was born in Laibach, Carniola (present-day Ljubljana, Slovenia).He later went on to complete a cou ...

''Habsburg, Maria Anna von Bayern''
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Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, cont ...

'', vol 7, ed L. C. Zamarski, Vienna 1861, p. 2
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etrieved 8 April 2015 * Hellmut Andics: ''Die Frauen der Habsburger''. Heyne, Munich 1997. * Richard Reifenscheid: ''Die Habsburger in Lebensbildern''. Piper, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574-1616) 1574 births 1616 deaths Duchesses of Bavaria House of Wittelsbach Austrian royal consorts Austrian princesses