Margaret Theresa of Spain
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Margaret of Spain or Margaret Theresa (Spanish: Margarita Teresa) (July 12, 1651 - March 12, 1673), was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and his second wife Mariana of Austria. Her maternal grandparents were Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna of Spain.
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[edit] Marriage
In a politically arranged marriage, she was betrothed as an infant to her maternal uncle, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg. The marriage took place when she was fourteen years old and he was twenty-six. Despite the difference in their ages and Leopold's unattractive appearance, the couple were reportedly very happy together, as they shared a number of interests, especially art and music.
She died in childbirth at the age of twenty-two.
[edit] Children
Margaret and Leopold I were parents to four children:
- Ferdinand Wenzel, Archduke of Austria (1667 - 1668).
- Maria Antonia of Austria (1669 - 1692). Married Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.
- Johann Leopold, Archduke of Austria (1670).
- Maria Anna of Austria (1672-?).
[edit] Depictions in art
Margaret is the young infanta depicted in Diego Velásquez' Las Meninas (1656, English: The Maids of Honor) and Infanta Margarita (1659). There are other pictures of her, done at various stages in her childhood and teen years, which not only serve as a kind of photo album, but kept Leopold apprised of how she looked and how she was doing. It is possible that Maurice Ravel was thinking of her when he wrote Pavane pour une infante défunte.
[edit] External link
- Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Viennaca:Margarida d'Espanya (emperadriu romanogermànica)
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