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Mariana or Maria Anna of Austria, [a] (24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696), was Queen of Spain from 1649, when she married her uncle Philip IV of Spain, until his death in 1665.
May 28, 2024 · Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was a member of the European House of Habsburg. She called herself Mariana after her October 1649 marriage to her biological uncle, widower King Felipe IV of Spain, III of Portugal. She was 14 years old and he was 30 years her senior.
Portrait of Mariana of Austria is a 1652–1653 oil-on-canvas painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, existing in a number of versions.
Mitchell provides a nuanced account of Mariana of Austria’s ten-year regency (1665–75) of the global Spanish Empire and examines her subsequent role as queen mother.
Mariana of Austria (1634-1696) was the daughter of the Emperor Ferdinand III and María of Austria, Queen of Hungary. It was intended that she marry her cousin, Prince Baltasar Carlos, but following his death she married Philip IV in 1649. Velázquez executed this portrait after his return from Italy.
Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Emperor Ferdinand III and Mary of Hungary, was born in Vienna in 1634. Intended as the wife of her cousin, Prince Baltasar Carlos, who died in 1646, she then married his uncle Philip IV of Spain.
Feb 15, 2024 · Queen Mariana is depicted in Las Meninas as a queen consort. The source of her power and significance resided in her status as wife to King Philip IV.
Mariana or Maria Anna of Austria, (24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696), was Queen of Spain from 1649, when she married her uncle Philip IV of Spain, until his death in 1665.
Mitchell provides a nuanced account of Mariana of Austria's ten-year regency (1665-75) of the global Spanish Empire and examines her subsequent role as queen mother.
After the death of Philip IV in 1665, his widow Mariana (1634-1696) became regent. She is depicted here as both widow and regent in the Hall of Mirrors in the Alcázar in Madrid.
