# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-anna-of-bavaria
# Generated: 2026-09-01T01:41:40.410Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-anna-of-bavaria"
name: "Maria Anna of Bavaria"
slug: "maria-anna-of-bavaria"
description: "A Bavarian archduchess who married her uncle and became one of the Counter-Reformation's driving forces in Austria — where personal devotion met political calculation in the struggle to pull a region back to Rome."
tagline: "Austrian archduchess (*1551-1608)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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birthDate: "1551-03-21"
deathDate: "1608-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Munich on 21 March 1551, Maria Anna of Bavaria entered a marriage that doubled as dynastic architecture: her husband was her uncle, Archduke Charles II of Austria. The union wasn't just bloodline maintenance — she used her position to push the Counter-Reformation hard across Austrian lands, working to reverse Protestant gains through policy and pressure. Her political hand was steady and her religious commitment unyielding. She died in Graz on 29 April 1608, having spent decades reshaping the religious map of a contested empire.