Maria Anna of Spain

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Spanish and Portuguese Royalty
House of Habsburg

Charles I Children    Felipe, Prince of Asturias (future Philip II of Spain and I of Portugal)    Infanta Maria, Holy Roman Empress    Infanta Juana, Crown Princess of Portugal    Infante Juan (natural son)    Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Florence, Duchess of Parma (natural daughter) Philip II (I of Portugal) Children include    Carlos, Prince of Asturias    Infanta Isabella, Archduchess of Austria    Infanta Catalina, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Savoy    Felipe, Prince of Asturias and of Portugal (future Philip III of Spain and II of Portugal) Philip III (II of Portugal) Children include    Infanta Ana, Queen of France    Felipe, Prince of Asturias and of Portugal (future Philip IV of Spain and III of Portugal)    Infanta Maria Ana, Holy Roman Empress    Infante Carlos    Cardinal-Infante Fernando Philip IV (III of Portugal) Children include    Baltasar Carlos, Prince of Asturias and of Portugal    Infanta Maria Theresa, Queen of France    Infanta Margarita, Holy Roman Empress    Infante Carlos (future Charles II) Charles II

Maria Anna (18 August 1606 – 13 May 1646), also known as HRH, Maria Anna of Austria, Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austra, Infanta of Portugal, Princess of Burgundy, Princess of the Low Countries, and after marriage, HIRM The Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary, was the youngest daughter of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria. She was later a Holy Roman Empress and queen of Hungary.

She was a younger sister of Anne of Austria and Philip IV of Spain. She was also an older sister of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand.

In the early 1620s, James I of England envisioned Maria Anna as a possible bride for his son and heir, the future Charles I of England and Scotland. Charles even visited Madrid to meet the young Maria Anna. This romantic endeavor of the future king of England is set forth in the fictional Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte published first in English in 2005. However negotiations failed, and Charles eventually married Henrietta Maria of France.

She was married instead to her first cousin, the future Ferdinand III, then the titular king of Hungary, on 20 February 1631. They were parents to six children:

• Ferdinand IV of Hungary (8 September 1633–9 July 1654).
• Mariana of Austria (23 December 1634–16 May 1696). Married her maternal uncle Philip IV of Spain. They were parents to Charles II of Spain, the degenerated last Habsburg monarch of Spain.
• Philip August, Archduke of Austria (1637–1639).
• Maximilian Thomas, Archduke of Austria (1638–1639).
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (9 June 1640–5 May 1705).
• Maria of Austria (1646).

Preceded by Eleonore Gonzaga	Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, Archduchess consort of Austria 1637-1646	Succeeded by Maria Leopoldine of Austria
	German Queen 1636-1646
	Queen of the Romans 1636–1637	Succeeded by Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick
	Queen consort of Hungary, Queen consort of Croatia and Slavonia 1631-1646	Succeeded by Margaret Theresa of Spain
	Queen consort of Bohemia 1631–1646

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