Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Archduchess Maria of Austria (15 May 1531 – 11 December 1581) was the daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I from the House of Habsburg and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

Archduchess Maria
Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Portrait by Hans Besser, c. 1555
Born(1531-05-15)15 May 1531
Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Died11 December 1581(1581-12-11) (aged 50)
Hambach Castle, Niederzier
Spouse
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(m. 1546)​
Issue
HouseHabsburg
FatherFerdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherAnna of Bohemia and Hungary

She married William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg on 18 July 1546 as his second wife. Their children were:

  1. Marie Eleonore (1550–1608); married Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
  2. Anna (1552–1632); married Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
  3. Magdalene (1553–1633); married John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, brother of Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
  4. Charles Frederick (1555–1575)
  5. Elizabeth (1556–1561)
  6. Sibylle (1557–1627); married Karl II Habsburg (1560–1618) of Austria, Margrave of Burgau, a morganatic son of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
  7. John William (1562–1609), Bishop of Münster, Count of Altena, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg; married firstly, in 1585, to Jakobea of Baden (1558–1597), daughter of Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden; married secondly, in 1599, to Antonia of Lorraine (1568–1610), daughter of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine)

Ancestors
8. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor[1]
4. Philip I, King of Castile[2]
9. Mary, Duchess of Burgundy[1]
2. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
10. Ferdinand II, King of Aragon[2]
5. Joanna, Queen of Castile[2]
11. Isabella I, Queen of Castile[2]
1. Maria of Austria
12. Casimir IV, King of Poland[3]
6. Vladislaus II of Hungary[3]
13. Elisabeth of Austria[3]
3. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary
14. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale [4]
7. Anne of Foix-Candale[3]
15. Catherine of Foix[5]

References
  1. Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp I. der Schöne von Oesterreich" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 112 – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Joanna" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  3. Priebatsch, Felix (1908), "Wladislaw II.", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), vol. 54, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 688–696
  4. Boureau, Alain (1995). The Lord's First Night: The Myth of the Droit de Cuissage. Translated by Cochrane, Lydia G. The University of Chicago Press. p. 96.
  5. Noubel, P., ed. (1877). Revue de l'Agenais [Review of the Agenais]. Vol. 4. Société académique d'Agen. p. 497.
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