| Maria Anna of Bavaria | |
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| Tenure | 26 August 1571 – 10 July 1590 |
| Spouse | Charles II of Austria |
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| 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 |
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| 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 Germany-29 April 1608, Graz Austria)[1] was the daughter of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528-1579) and Anna of Austria (1528-1590).
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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).
On 26 August 1571 in Vienna Maria Anna married her maternal uncle, Charles II of Austria (1540-1590). At first the Duke was betrothed to Elizabeth I of England, but she refused to marry Charles.
Within nineteen years of marriage, Charles and Maria Anna had twenty children:
 Maria Anna |
 Her husband |
 Anna of Austria Queen of Poland |
 Emperor Ferdinand II |
 Erzherzogin Gregoria Maximiliane (1581−1597) |
 Erzherzogin Eleonore (1582−1620), Stiftsdame zu Hall/Tirol |
 Erzherzog Maximilian Ernst (1583−1616), seit 1615 Hoch- und Deutschmeister |
 Margaret of Austria, 1609, by Bartolomé González y Serrano |
 Erzherzog Leopold V. von Österreich-Tirol, um 1630 |
 Constance Queen of Poland |
 Ritratto di Maria Maddalena d'Austria, Tiberio Titi, depositi degli Uffizi. |
 Bishop Karol I Habsburg. |
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