Margaret Theresa of Spain

Margaret Theresa of Spain
Portrait from unknown artist, c. 1662–1664, currently displayed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Holy Roman Empress
Tenure25 April 1666 – 12 March 1673
Born12 July 1651
Royal Alcazar, Madrid, Crown of Castile
Died12 March 1673(1673-03-12) (aged 21)
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1666)
Issue
Detail
Maria Antonia, Electress of Bavaria
HouseHabsburg
FatherPhilip IV of Spain
MotherMariana of Austria

Margaret Theresa of Spain (Spanish: Margarita Teresa, German: Margarete Theresia; 12 July 1651 – 12 March 1673) was, by marriage to Leopold I, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the elder full-sister of Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. She is the central figure in the famous Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, and the subject of many of his later paintings.