Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665)
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Oil in canvas by Joachim von Sandrart, 1643, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. She wears the famous pearl necklaces from the Munich Treasury; the large diamond pendant in her hair was already in possession of the first wife of Maximilian I.
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| Electress of Bavaria | |
| Tenure | 1635–1651 |
| Electress Palatine | |
| Tenure | 1635–1648 |
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13 January 1610 Graz |
| Died | 25 September 1665 (aged 55) Munich |
| Spouse | Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria |
| House | House of Habsburg |
| Father | Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Bavaria |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (German: Maria Anna von Habsburg, Erzherzogin von Österreich, also known as Maria Anna von Bayern or Maria-Anna, Kurfürstin von Bayern; 13 January 1610 – 25 September 1665), was by birth Archduchess of Austria and member of the House of Habsburg and by marriage Electress of Bavaria.
Born in Graz, she was the fifth child and second (but oldest surviving) daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Inner Austria by his first wife Maria Anna, a daughter of William V, Duke of Bavaria. She was probably named after her mother, who died in 1616.
Maria Anna, who had a particular fondness for hunting, received a strict Jesuit upbringing and was considered a great beauty with exceptional virtues, such as prudence, orderly life and stateliness. She also spoke fluent Italian in addition to her native German.
In 1619 her father became Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia and Hungary, an event that considerably raised her status. Two years later, in 1622, the now Emperor Ferdinand II married again, with Eleonora, daughter of Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, with whom he had no children.
On 15 July 1635 at the Augustinian Church, Vienna, Maria Anna married her uncle, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, whose previous wife, Elisabeth of Lorraine, had died a few months earlier. The wedding was celebrated by Franz von Dietrichstein, Bishop of Olomouc.
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