'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 Pérez-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).
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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, degenerate 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).
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