MARIA, ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA+INFANTA
OF SPAIN (1528-1603)
Born: 21 JUN 1528 Madrid, Royal Alcazar, SPAIN
Died: 26 FEB 1602/03 Madrid, SPAIN
Married: 3 SEP 1548, Villadolid
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Born: 31 JUL 1527 Vienna, AUSTRIA
Died: 12 OCT 1576 Regensburg, GERMANY
Daughter of the Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal;
Maximilan II's tolerance for Protestantism was counterbalanced by his
wife, and cousin, Maria, who was a bigoted Catholic. (When she returned
to Spain as a widow, her first words were to express delight at being back
in a country without heretics!) Since she had charge of the
education of their children, she made sure that they took after her, not
their father.
Their children were Anna (1549-80) who married Philip II of Spain;
Ferdinand (1551-52); Emperor Rudolf II (1552-1612); Ernst (1553-95) Regent
of the Austrian Netherlands; Elizabeth (1554-92) who married Charles IX
of France; Emperor Matthias (1557-1619); Albert (1559-1621), who married
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain. As 'The Archdukes', they
ruled what is now Belgium; Wenceslas (1560-77); Margarethe (1567-1633).
Source: Sandra White
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