Anna of Austria (1549-1580)

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For other persons named Anna of Austria, see Anna of Austria (disambiguation).

Anna of Austria (Cigales, Valladolid, November 1, 1549 – Badajoz, October 26, 1580), 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.

Biography

She was betrothed to Don Carlos, son of Philip II and heir to the Spanish throne, but he died in 1568. Philip II lost his third wife in the same year and a marriage was arranged between Anna and Philip II, despite the fact that Philip was also Anna's uncle. Pope Pius V first opposed the marriage, but finally consented and they were married in Prague on May 4, 1570.

Philip II and Anna of Austria had 5 children:

In 1580 Philip II obtained the throne of Portugal; Anna became Queen of Portugal. However, she died the same year, victim of a contagious disease which had also struck King Philip.

Ancestry

Anna's ancestors in three generations
Anna of Austria Father:
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor		 Paternal Grandfather:
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor		 Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Philip I of Castile
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Joanna of Castile
Paternal Grandmother:
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary		 Paternal Great-Grandfather:
Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary
Paternal Great-Grandmother:
Anna of Foix-Candale
Mother:
Maria of Spain		 Maternal Grandfather:
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor		 Maternal Great-Grandfather:
Philip I of Castile
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Joanna of Castile
Maternal Grandmother:
Isabella of Portugal		 Maternal Great-grandfather:
Manuel I of Portugal
Maternal Great-Grandmother:
Maria of Aragon

Sucession

Anna of Austria (1549–1580)
Born: 1 November 1549 Died: 26 October 1580
Preceded by
Elisabeth of Valois		 Consort of the Seventeen Provinces of the Spanish Netherlands
1570–1580		 Succeeded by
Elisabeth of Bourbon
as Consort of the Spanish Netherlands
(Titular Duchess consort of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Brabant, Upper Guelders, Limburg, Lothier, Luxembourg, Countess consort of Artois, Burgundy, Flanders, Hainaut and Namur)
Succeeded by
United Provinces
as sovereign ruler of Groningen and Ommelanden, Friesland, Overijssel, Lower Guelders and Zutphen, Holland, and Zeeland
Queen consort of Spain
1570–1580		 Succeeded by
Margaret of Austria
Preceded by
Catherine of Habsburg		 Queen consort of Portugal
1580
v • d • e
Consorts of Spanish monarchs
Sofía of Greece (1975-)
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1906–1931) · Maria Christina of Austria (1879–1885) · Mercedes of Orléans (1878) · Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna (1870–1873) · Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1846–1868) · Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1829–1833) · Maria Josepha of Saxony (1819–1829) · Maria Isabel of Portugal (1816–1818) · Julie Clary (1808–1813) · Maria Luisa of Parma (1788–1808) · Maria Amalia of Saxony (1759–1760) · Barbara of Portugal (1746-1758) · Elisabeth of Parma (1724–1746) · Louise Elisabeth of Orléans (1724) · Elisabeth of Parma (1714–1724) · Maria Luisa of Savoy (1701–1714) · Maria Anna of Neuburg (1690–1700) · Marie Louise of Orléans (1679–1689) · Mariana of Austria (1649–1665) · Elisabeth of France (1621–1644) · Margaret of Austria (1598–1611) · Anne of Austria (1570-1580) · Elisabeth of Valois (1559–1568) · Mary I of England (1556-1558) · Isabella of Portugal (1526–1539)
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