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Maria Anna of Spain

1606 - 1646

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Maria Anna of Spain (18 August 1606 – 13 May 1646) was a Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by her marriage to Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. She acted as regent on several occasions during the absences of her husband, notably during his absence in Bohemia in 1645. The daughter of King Philip III of Spain and of Margaret of Austria, she was prior to her Imperial marriage considered a possible wife for Charles, Prince of Wales. The event, later known in history as the "Spanish match", provoked a domestic and political crisis in the kingdoms of England and Scotland. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Anna of Spain is the 1,023rd most popular politician (up from 3,121st in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Spain (up from 274th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Politician.

Maria Anna of Spain was most famous for being the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and his second wife, Mariana of Austria. She married her first cousin, Louis XIV of France, and became Queen of France.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maria Anna of Spain ranks 1,023 out of 19,576. Before her are Simeon I of Bulgaria, I. K. Gujral, Conrad IV of Germany, Amadeo I of Spain, Manuel II Palaiologos, and Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York. After her are Chlothar I, George II of Greece, Salome Zourabichvili, Cleopatra Selene II, Oleg of Novgorod, and Benjamin Harrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1606, Maria Anna of Spain ranks 3. Before her are Rembrandt, and Pierre Corneille. After her are Christine of France, Li Zicheng, Joachim von Sandrart, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Zhang Xianzhong, Laurent de La Hyre, Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons, Mehmed IV Giray, and Lorenzo Lippi. Among people deceased in 1646, Maria Anna of Spain ranks 1. After her are Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, Stanisław Koniecpolski, Henri, Prince of Condé, Hosokawa Tadaoki, Zhu Yousong, Zhu Yujian, Maria Caterina Farnese, Francesco Furini, Margherita Aldobrandini, and Antonio Marcello Barberini.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Maria Anna of Spain ranks 80 out of 3,355. Before her are Isaac Albéniz (1860), Luis Enrique (1970), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549), Francisco Gento (1933), and Alfonso X of Castile (1221). After her are Amancio Ortega (1936), Avempace (1080), Ibn Tufail (1110), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), and Muhammad XII of Granada (1459).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Maria Anna of Spain ranks 21. Before her are Charles III of Spain (1716), Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Isabella II of Spain (1830), and Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549). After her are Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Roderic (688), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), and Peter III of Aragon (1239).

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