Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551–1608)

Maria Anna of Bavaria
Archduchess consort of Inner Austria
Tenure	26 August 1571 – 10 July 1590
Born	21 March 1551 Munich, Germany
Died	29 April 1608 (aged 57) Graz, Austria
Spouse	Charles II, Archduke of Austria
Issue	Anne, Queen of Poland Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania Archduchess Catherine Renata Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana Archduchess Eleanor Archduke Maximilian Ernest Margaret, Queen of Spain Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria Constance, Queen of Poland Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany Charles, Bishop of Wroclaw
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
Mother	Anna of Austria
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Maria Anna of Bavaria (21 March 1551, Munich – 29 April 1608, Graz) was the daughter of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528–1579) and Anna of Austria (1528–1590), and the wife of Archduke Charles II of Austria.

Maria Anna was the fourth of seven siblings, only five of the children lived through to adulthood. Maria Anna's siblings included: William V, Duke of Bavaria, Ernest of Bavaria, Ferdinand of Bavaria and her unmarried sister, Maximiliana Maria of Bavaria (who once was appointed to marry king Sebastian of Portugal).

On 26 August 1571 in Vienna Maria Anna married her maternal uncle, Charles II of Austria (1540–1590). At first the Archduke was a suitor of Elizabeth I of England for almost a decade. However, despite long term negotiations the queen refused to marry Charles.

Within nineteen years of marriage, Charles and Maria Anna had fifteen children:

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