Anna of Austria (1549-1580)II and heir to the Spanish throne, but he died in 1568. Philip II lost his third wife in the same year and a marriage was arranged between Anna and Philip II, despite the fact that Philip was also Anna's uncle.1571 – October 18, 1578f Spain)ase which had also struck King Philip.n consort of Portugaler people named Anna of Austria, see Anna of Austria (disambiguation). 2 Biography Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal, her paternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, Charles and Ferdinand's mother was Joanna of Castile, Joanna was the daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. She was born in Spain, but lived in Vienna from the age of four. She had many other siblings; some became Holy Roman emperors and among her sisters was Elisabeth of Austria (1554–1592) who became the Queen of France.te child of her father. The story goes that he enjoyed playing and gambling with her even once a meeting of the State of Hungary was postponed because Anna was sick. Anna received a Catholic education, even though her father was sympathetic to Lutheranism. Her many brothers, included the later emperors Rudolph II and Matthias, also Archduke Albert of Austria, were partially educated at the Spanish-Habsburg court.e Austrian and Spanish Habsburg families. Initially she had her cousin Don Carlos of Spain in mind, the only son of her maternal uncle Philip II of Spain. These plans were shattered in 1568 when Don Carlos died, due to falling out with his father and going on hunger strike. The Spanish marriage plans received a boost when Philip's third wife, Elisabeth of Valois, also died and Philip was now a widower with two young daughters. Philip had been married three times: firstly to his double cousin Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, secondly to Mary I of England and thirdly to the previously mentioned Elisabeth of Valois. Philip was now looking for his fourth wife, since he had no male heirs since Carlos died. In February 1569 Anna's engagement to her uncle Philip II was announced. In May 1570 they married by proxy.ds and relatives of Floris Montigny, the younger brother of the executed Alva, Earl of Horne. Montigny had been imprisoned in Spain since 1567. Now the king had entered a new marriage, Montigny's family and friends dared to hope for leniency. They got the promise of the future queen that she would do her utmost to free Montigny. In 1790, a dramatic copper engraving made from a (probably imaginary) scene where the wife and the mother of Montigny and Anna on their knees begging to intercede for Floris. Anna arrived on October 3 on Spanish soil, but before she could reach the king, Floris was secretly put to death on October 16, 1570. The historian John Brewer believes that Philip had him hastily executed, soon after the Philip's first meeting with Anna, in which he refused to free Floris. young bride. Philip was a conscientious monarch and maintained his relationship with Anna twice a week to write notes. It was Philip's fourth marriage, but the king still had no male heir. Anna completed her duties flawlessly in that regard. Not only was she a good stepmother to Philip's daughters Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela' [2], she also gave birth to five children:ildrence of Asturias (15 August 1575 – 21 November 1582), died in Philip's lifetime her. Queen Anna was also vivid and cheerful, and managed to ease up some of the stiff atmosphere at the Spanish court. Anna busied herself mostly with needlework. after the death of the childless Henry of Portugal, the royal couple became seriously ill. At the time, Anna was pregnant with her daughter, Maria. The doctors who wanted to save her, left her to bleed for anemia. In much pain and after childbirth, she died of heart failure.ing with family and courtiers, by Alonso Sánchez Coello, c. 1596.mperorgundyslas II of Bohemia and Hungary dalef Foix = 8.) V, Holy Roman Emperor )le ces^ "Philip II of Spain" Britannicae Austria, gobernador de Carlos V en España: cartas al emperador (Madrid 1963).7-1598 (Oxford 1986). of Spain (New Haven / London 1997).ínez Millán and C.J. ed the Carlos Morales (Madrid 1998).. Los Austrias. De la locura a la impotencia de Juana de Carlos II el Hechizado (Madrid 2005). 26 October 1580Netherlandsceeded byeded by
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