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Maria of Spain

Maria of Spain (Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
, June 21, 1528 - Villa Monte, February 26, 1603) was the first daughter of Charles V

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
and Isabella of Portugal

Isabella of Portugal

Isabella of Portugal was the daughter of Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon . By her marriage to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Isabella was also List of Holy Roman Empresses and German queens and Queen consort of Aragon and Crown of Castile....
. She was also the wife of Maximilian II

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian II was king of Bohemia from 1562, king of Hungary from 1563, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1564 and king of the Romans until his death....
, Holy Roman

Holy Roman Emperor

Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, in his absence. In 1552, they moved to live in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
. They had sixteen children:

Maria of Spain had great influence over her sons, the future emperors Rudolf

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

Rudolf II , Holy Roman Emperor as Rudolf II , King of Hungary as Rudolf , King of Bohemia as Rudolf II and Archduke of Austria as Rudolf V . He was a member of the Habsburg family....
and Matthias

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

Matthias of the House of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor , King of Kingdom of Hungary , King of Bohemia .Matthias was born in the Archduchy of Austrian capital of Vienna to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain....
. Maria was a radical Roman Catholic and frequently disagreed with her more tolerant husband.

After her husband's death in 1576, she returned to Spain in 1582.

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Maria of Spain (Madrid

Madrid

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
and Isabella of Portugal

Isabella of Portugal

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian II was king of Bohemia from 1562, king of Hungary from 1563, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1564 and king of the Romans until his death....
, Holy Roman

Holy Roman Emperor

Spain

Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
. They had sixteen children:

Anne of Austria
Anna of Austria (1549-1580)

Anna of Austria , was Queen consort of Spain and Portugal.She was the first daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain. She was born in Spain, but lived in Vienna from the age of four....
(November 1, 1549 - October 26, 1580). Married Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
. She was the mother of Philip III of Spain
Philip III of Spain

Philip III was the monarch of Spain and King of Portugal, where he ruled as Philip II , from 1598 until his death. His Political minister was the Francisco Gom?z de Sandoval y Rojas, Duke of Lerma....
.
Ferdinand of Austria (March 28, 1551 - June 25, 1552).
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor
Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

Rudolf II , Holy Roman Emperor as Rudolf II , King of Hungary as Rudolf , King of Bohemia as Rudolf II and Archduke of Austria as Rudolf V . He was a member of the Habsburg family....
(July 18, 1552 - January 20, 1612).
Archduke Ernest of Austria
Archduke Ernest of Austria

Archduke Ernest of Austria was a son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain. In German he is Ernst von ?sterreich.He was educated with his brother Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, in the court of Spain....
, (July 15, 1553 - February 12, 1595). He served as Governor of the Low Countries
Governors of the Habsburg Netherlands

The Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands ruled the Habsburg Netherlands, as a representative of the Duke of Burgundy , the King of Spain or the Archduke of Austria , all from the house of Habsburg....
.
Elisabeth of Austria
Elisabeth of Austria (1554-1592)

Elisabeth of Austria , was born an Archduchess of Austria, and later became Queen of France. She was the daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain....
(June 5, 1554 - January 22, 1592). Married Charles IX of France
Charles IX of France

Charles IX born Charles-Maximilien, was King of France, ruling from 1560 until his death. He is best known as king at the time of the St....
.
Marie of Austria (July 27, 1555 - June 25, 1556).
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

Matthias of the House of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor , King of Kingdom of Hungary , King of Bohemia .Matthias was born in the Archduchy of Austrian capital of Vienna to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain....
(February 24, 1557 - March 20, 1619).
A stillborn son (born and deceased on October 20, 1557).
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria
Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria

Maximilian III, Archduke of Further Austria, also known as Maximilian der Deutschmeister was the fourth son of Emperor Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain....
(October 12, 1558 - November 2, 1618). He served as grandmaster of the Teutonic Order and Administrator of Prussia
Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
.
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria was, together with his wife Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, the daughter of Philip II of Spain, co-sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands between 1598 and 1621, ruling the Habsburg territories in the southern Low Countries and the north of modern France....
(November 15, 1559 - July 13, 1621). He served as Governor of the Low Countries.
Wenzel of Austria (March 9, 1561 - September 22, 1578).
Friedrich of Austria (June 21, 1562 - January 16, 1563).
Marie of Austria (February 19 1564 - March 26, 1564). Named after deceased older sister.
Karl of Austria (September 26, 1565 - May 23, 1566).
Margaret of Austria (January 25, 1567 - July 5, 1633). A nun.
Eleonore of Austria (November 4, 1568 - March 12, 1580).

Maria of Spain had great influence over her sons, the future emperors Rudolf

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

Heresy

Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
". She led an unassuming life until her death in 1603.

She was the patron of the noted Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria

Tomás Luis de Victoria

Tom?s Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised da Vittoria , was a Spain composer of the late Renaissance music. "The Spanish Palestrina", as he is known, was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di...
, and the great Requiem Mass he wrote in 1603 for her funeral is considered among the finest and most refined of his works.

Ancestors

**Maria's ancestors in three generations**
Maria of Spain	Father: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....	Paternal Grandfather: Philip I of Castile Philip I of Castile Philip I , known as the Handsome or the Fair, was the son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Through his mother Mary of Burgundy he inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands and through his wife Juana of Castile he briefly succeeded to the Kingdom of Castile....	Paternal Great-grandfather: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Mary of Burgundy Mary of Burgundy Mary, called Mary the Rich , was suo jure Duke of Burgundy from 1477 – 1482. As the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, she was the heiress to the vast Burgundian domains in France and the Low Countries upon her father's death in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477....
		Paternal Grandmother: Joanna of Castile Joanna of Castile Joanna , called Joanna the Mad queen regnant as Kings of Castile of Crown of Castile jointly with her husband Philip I of Castile and later also as List of Aragonese monarchs of Crown of Aragon jointly with her son the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor....	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Isabella of Castile
	Mother: Isabella of Portugal Isabella of Portugal Isabella of Portugal was the daughter of Manuel I of Portugal and Maria of Aragon . By her marriage to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Isabella was also List of Holy Roman Empresses and German queens and Queen consort of Aragon and Crown of Castile....	Maternal Grandfather: Manuel I of Portugal Manuel I of Portugal Manuel I ; Portuguese language: Manoel I, English language: Emmanuel I), the Fortunate , 14th List of Portuguese monarchs was the son of Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu, by his wife, Beatriz of Portugal ....	Maternal Great-grandfather: Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu Infante Fernando, Duke of Viseu The Infante Fernando, Prince of Portugal, Duke of Beja and Duke of Viseu was the third son of the Portugal List of Portuguese monarchs Edward of Portugal and his wife Leonor of Aragon ....
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Beatriz of Portugal Beatriz of Portugal (1430-1506) Infanta Beatriz of Portugal was a Portugal infanta daughter of Infante Jo?o, Lord of Reguengos and Isabella of Braganza a daughter of Afonso, 1st Duke of Braganza....
		Maternal Grandmother: Maria of Aragon Maria of Aragon (1482-1517) Maria of Aragon was a Spain infanta, second wife of Portugal List of Portuguese monarchs Manuel I of Portugal and because of that queen consort of Portugal from her marriage on 30 October, 1500 until her death....	Maternal Great-grandfather: Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand the Catholic was king of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia , Sardinia and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, de jure uxoris King of Crown of Castile and then Regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of his mentally unstable daughter Joanna the Mad....
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Isabella of Castile

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