Maria Anna (Habsburg) von Bayern (1610 - 1665)

Born 13 Jan 1610 in Graz, Erzherzogtum Österreich, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Died 25 Sep 1665 at age 55 in München, Kurfürstentum Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Maria Anna Habsburg was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Maria Anna, Archduchess of Austria (Erzherzogin von Österreich) was the second, but eldest surviving daughter of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria and was born at Graz on 13 January 1610.

She married at Vienna, on 15 July 1635, her uncle, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, as his second wife.

They had two sons:

1. Ferdinand Maria, born 31 October 1636 at Munich, succeeded his father as Elector of Bavaria in 1651;
2. Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, born 30 September 1638 at Munich, succeeded as Landgraf von Leuchtenberg

Her husband died 27 September 1651, and she effectively became the regent for her son Ferdinand.

She died at Munich on 25 September 1665, and was buried in Church of St Michael, in Munich.

Sources

• Schwennicke, Detlev, (1998), Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue folge, Band I.1. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann. Tafel 45 & 107.

See also

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduchess_Maria_Anna_of_Austria_%281610%E2%80%931665%29