| Mariana of Austria | |||||
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.jpg) Portrait of Mariana of Austria by Diego Velázquez, 1652–53 | |||||
| Queen consort of Spain | |||||
| Tenure | 7 October 1649 – 17 September 1665 | ||||
| Queen regent of Spain | |||||
| Regency | 17 September 1665 – 6 November 1675 | ||||
| Monarch | Charles II | ||||
| Born | 24 December 1634 Wiener Neustadt, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire | ||||
| Died | 16 May 1696 (aged 61) Palace of the Councils, Madrid, Crown of Castile | ||||
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| House | Habsburg | ||||
| Father | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Maria Anna of Spain | ||||
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Mariana or Maria Anna of Austria,[a] (24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696), was Queen of Spain from 1649 until the death of her husband Philip IV of Spain in 1665. Appointed regent for their infant son Charles II, she remained an influential figure until her death in 1696.
Her regency was overshadowed by Spain's post-1648 decline and internal political divisions, combined with a general European economic crisis during the latter half of the 17th century. Her son's failure to produce an heir ultimately ended in the 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession.
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