Margarita Teresa of Austria facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Margarita Teresa of Austria |
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1671 portrait of the Holy Roman press with her daughter Maria Antonia by Benjamin Block.
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| Holy Roman Empress; German Queen; Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia; Archduchess consort of Austria |
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| Tenure | 25 Aprile 1666 – 12 March 1673 | ||||
| Born | 12 July 1651 Royal Alcazar, Madrid, Spain |
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| Died | 12 March 1673 (aged 21) Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria |
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| Burial | Imperial Crypt, Vienna, Austria | ||||
| Spouse | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Issue | Archduke Ferdinand Wenceslaus Maria Antonia, Electress o Bavaria Airchduke John Leopold Airchduchess Maria Anna Scholastica |
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| House | Habsburgs of Spain (by birth) Habsburgs of Austria (by marriage |
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| Father | Philip IV of Spain | ||||
| Mother | Mariana of Austria | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
Margarita Teresa of Austria was a Spanish princess who became the Holy Roman Empress. She was also the Queen of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. Born on July 12, 1651, she was a very important person in the 17th century. She is famously known as the main subject in the painting Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez.
Her Early Life
Margarita Teresa was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain. Her mother was Mariana of Austria. She was the older full-sister of King Charles II of Spain. Charles II was the last king from the Spanish Habsburg family.
Margarita Teresa was her father's favorite child. He lovingly called her "my joy." She was born an Archduchess of Austria and an Infanta of Spain. This meant she was a princess of both Spain and Austria. In Austria, people knew her as Margarete Theresia.
She was also the half-sister of Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Theresa later became the wife of Louis XIV of France, the famous "Sun King."
Her Royal Marriage
Margarita Teresa married her uncle, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. This kind of marriage was common among royal families back then. On December 5, 1666, Margarita Teresa arrived in Vienna with a grand ceremony. The official wedding took place seven days later, on December 12. Even after they were married, Margarita Teresa continued to call her husband "uncle."
Images for kids
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Infanta Margarita Teresa, at age of 14, in mourning for her father. The Infanta left Spain to become Holy Roman Empress the same year.
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A 1666 publication flyer promoting Infanta Margarita, the future bride of her uncle Emperor Leopold
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Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress (1653), Velázquez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Infanta Margarita Teresa (1655), Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Infanta Margarita Teresa in silver dress (1656), Velázquez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Las Meninas (1656), Velázquez, Prado Museum, Madrid
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Infanta Margarita Teresa in blue dress (1659), by Velázquez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Infanta Margarita Teresa in pink dress (1660) by Velázquez or Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo, Prado Museum, Madrid
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Full-length portrait of the Infanta Margarita Teresa, the Empress (1666), by Gerard Du Chateau, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
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See also
In Spanish: Margarita Teresa de Austria para niños
