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Maria Theresa of Spain

1638 - 1683

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Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de Austria; French: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal as the daughter of King Philip IV and Elisabeth of France, and was also an Archduchess of Austria as a member of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg. Her marriage in 1660 to King Louis XIV, her double first cousin, was arranged with the purpose of ending the lengthy war between France and Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Theresa of Spain is the 29th most popular companion (up from 36th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Spain (up from 60th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Companion.

Maria Theresa of Spain was born in 1717 and died in 1780. She was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. By marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.

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Among companions, Maria Theresa of Spain ranks 29 out of 784. Before her are Maud of Wales, Messalina, Nefertari, Henrietta Maria of France, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Catherine Parr. After her are Madame du Barry, Carlota of Mexico, Livia, Jane Seymour, Maria Feodorovna, and Roxana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Maria Theresa of Spain ranks 2. Before her is Louis XIV of France. After her are Shunzhi Emperor, Nicolas Malebranche, Nicolas Steno, Zeb-un-Nissa, Emperor Go-Sai, Catherine of Braganza, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Elisabetta Sirani, Meindert Hobbema, and James Gregory. Among people deceased in 1683, Maria Theresa of Spain ranks 1. After her are Turhan Hatice Sultan, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Kara Mustafa Pasha, Afonso VI of Portugal, Guarino Guarini, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Jacob Stainer, Juraj Križanić, and John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Maria Theresa of Spain ranks 39 out of 3,355. Before her are Julio Iglesias (1943), Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Charles II of Spain (1661), Saint Dominic (1170), and Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100). After her are Montserrat Caballé (1933), Anne of Austria (1601), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), Arcadius (377), Florentino Pérez (1947), and Charles III of Spain (1716).

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Among COMPANIONS In Spain

Among companions born in Spain, Maria Theresa of Spain ranks 1. After her are Eugénie de Montijo (1826), Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545), Blanche of Castile (1188), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), Berengaria of Navarre (1165), Inês de Castro (1325), María Isabella of Spain (1789), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), and Brunhilda of Austrasia (543).

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