Maria Anna of Bavaria (born 1551)
Archduchess of Austria and key figure in the Counter-Reformation.
Maria Anna of Bavaria was a politically active Archduchess of Austria through her marriage to her uncle Archduke Charles II. She played an important role in the Counter-Reformation in Austria and continued to advise her son after being widowed.
Quick Facts
- Reign
- 26 August 1571 – 10 July 1590
- Born
- 21 March 1551
- Birthplace
- Munich, Duchy of Bavaria
- Died
- 29 April 1608 (aged 57)
- Place of death
- Graz, Archduchy of Austria
- House
- Wittelsbach
- Father
- Albert V, Duke of Bavaria
- Mother
- Anna of Austria
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