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Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria with her children, Archduke Karl Albrecht, Archduchess Renata, Archduchess Eleonora, Archduchess Mechthildis, Archduke Wilhelm and Archduke Leo Karl, late 1890s.

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ANNA OF AUSTRIA

Queen Consort of Poland and Sweden

(born 1573 - died 1598)

pictured above is a portrait of the Queen of Poland and Sweden, by Marcin Kober from 1595

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SERIES - On this day August Edition: Anna was born on 16 August 1573.

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ANNA was born on 16 August 1573, in Graz. She was the eldest daughter of Archduke Karl II of Austria and Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria.

As a granddaughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor she was a member of the Austrian branch of the HOUSE OF HABSBURG and thus was an ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA from birth.

In 1592 she married SIGISMUND III, the Monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (as Zygmunt III, King of Poland and Zigmantas III, Grand Duke of Lithuania). Her husband was also the Crown Prince of Sweden as the eldest son of Johan III, King of Sweden and Princess Katarzyna (Jagiellon) of Poland. They had five children (check the list below), but only one reached adulthood.

During negotiations for her wedding, the Polish nobility were not in favor of a Habsburg union and tried to prevent the wedding and her entry into the country.

After her wedding she became the QUEEN CONSORT OF POLAND, the GRAND DUCHESS OF LITHUANIA and the CROWN PRINCESS OF SWEDEN.

By November 1592 her husband succeeded his father as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland, and she also became the QUEEN CONSORT OF SWEDEN and GRAND DUCHESS OF FINLAND.

Aged only 24, the Queen Consort of Poland and Sweden died in 1598, in Warsaw, while giving birth to her last children.

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A year after her death her husband was formaly deposed as King of Sweden, after he lost the Battle of Stångebro against his Protestant uncle Karl, Duke of Södermanland (future King Karl IX of Sweden).

Sweden had been in Civil War since 1547 do to religious conflicts, as the Reformation had been introduced in the 1520s by King Gustaf (the first member of the House of Vasa to rule Sweden) and her father-in-law and her husband had been trying to reinstate the Catholic faith during their reigns.

So upon her husband's death in 1632, her only surviving son was elected as Władysław IV, Monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian (as Władysław IV, King of Poland and Vladislovas, Grand Duke of Lithuania) but did not became King of Sweden.

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ANNA and her husband SIGISMUND had five children...

Princess Anna Maria (Vasa) of Poland - died aged six;

Princess Katarzyna (Vasa) of Poland - died aged twenty eight days;

Władysław IV Vasa, Monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - husband first of Archduchess Cäcilia Renata of Austria and second of Princess Maria Luisa (Gonzaga-Nevers) of Mantua;

Princess Katarzyna (Vasa) of Poland - died aged eight months; and

Prince Krzysztof (Vasa) of Poland - born and died on the same day;

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House of Wittelsbach & of Habsburg: Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria

Maria Anna was born as the fourth child and oldest daughter of Duke Albert V of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Anna of Austria. Through her mother, she was granddaughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and a niece of Grand Duchess Johanna of Tuscany.

Maria Anna spent her childhood at the Bavarian court in Munich. Her upbringing was strictly catholic but she received next to a basic education als lessons in Latin. Maria Anna showed a musical talent while playing the organ wand was good friends with the composer Orlando di Lasso.

At the age of 19, John Sigismund Zápolya, who was King of Hungary, asked for her hand but this marriage did not came to be. The same year he lost the title of King of Hungary to Maria Anna’s grandfather and began to call himself Prince of Transylvania. He died a year later. The same year, her mother’s younger brother Archduke Karl II of Inner Austria asked for her hand. He got to know his niece at her brother Wilhelm’s wedding to Renata of Lorraine. Pope Pius V. had to give them a dispense since the couple was so closely related but he eventually gave it. Maria Anna and Karl married on August 26th, 1571, in Vienna. This marriage gave Karl the political support of the Bavarians.

The relationship between the couple is described as good and resulted in 15 children. Maria Anna is described as a confident and ambitious woman with a love for pomp and power while also being a devouted Catholic. She was a great supporter of the Counter Revolution against the Protestants and took an active part in her husband’s politics.

Karl, who was ten years older than his niece-wife, died on July 10, 1590, leaving Maria Anna a widow at the age of 39. Maria Anna continued to be a political advisor to her son Ferdinand who later became Holy Roman Emperor.

Maria Anna died on April 29th, 1608. Some of her correspondence have been preserved. Most of them were written in a Bavarian dialect with quite a rough tone in it.

// Clémence Poésy in Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

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CECILIA QUEEN OF POLAND: (1611-1644) Cecilia Renata of Austria. Queen consort of Poland 1637-44 as spouse of King Wladyslaw IV Vasa. 

An extremely rare L.S., `Cecilia Regina´, one page, folio, Warsaw, 10th January 1642, to Reverend Honorato Visconti, in Italian. The letter states to the heading `Cecilia Renata, by the Grace of God, Queen of Poland and Sweden, Princes of Hungary and Bohemia and Archduchess of Austria´, the Queen thanks her correspondent for the letter received and for the new year´s greetings and sends her best wishes. With blank address leaf bearing a paper seal affixed. With creasing to the central fold and some small staining.

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Jakob de Monte - Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria

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ab. 1640 Frans Luycx - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria, Queen of Poland

(Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

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It’s all in the details #ArtAppreciation ♥️🖼🎨 Portrait of "Erzherzogin Katharina Renata von Österreich" [Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria] (1591) by Jakob de Monte (Austrian artist, active 1587, died 1593) Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria (4 January 1576 – 29 June 1599) was a member of the House of Habsburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduchess_Catherine_Renata_of_Austria She was the daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria, the son of Emperor Ferdinand I, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. Her elder brother Archduke Ferdinand succeeded Matthias as Holy Roman Emperor in 1619. #ArtAwarness #CelebrateTheArts #Kunstliebhaber #Art https://www.instagram.com/p/CIUadJYJOuq/?igshid=lrsdi0ychb2p

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Catherine Renata of Austria (4 January 1576 - 29 June 1599)

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Archduchess Renata of Austria with her husband, Prince Jerome Radziwill. 

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Archduke Charles Stephen and family in 1895.

From left to right: Archduchess Renata, Archduke Leo Karl, Archduchess Maria Theresa, baby Archduke Wilhelm seated on his mother's lap, Archduchess Eleonora, Archduke Karl Albrecht, Archduke Charles Stephen and Archduchess Mechthildis.

He was related to Queen Mary née Teck.

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Cecilia Renata (1611-1644), Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Poland

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ab. 1642 Unknown Northern German artist - Archduchess Cecilia Renata of Austria

(Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

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Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria, the 4th child and 3rd daughter of Maria Anna of Bavaria and Archduke Charles II.

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Children of Royalty: Charles Stephen of Austria and Maria Theresa of Austria

Archduchess Eleonora

Archduchess Renata

Archduke Karl Albrecht

Archduchess Mechthildis

Archduke Leo Karl

Archduke Wilhelm