# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-anna-of-spain
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:03:25.939Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-anna-of-spain"
name: "Maria Anna of Spain"
slug: "maria-anna-of-spain"
description: "A Spanish infanta who nearly became England's queen before marrying into the Holy Roman Empire instead — where she ruled as regent when her husband rode to war and kept the Vienna court dressed, fed, and thinking like Madrid."
tagline: "Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez_-_Maria_Anna_of_Spain_-_Prado.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1606-08-18"
deathDate: "1646-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.63
  momentum:             1.555163130387958
  historical:           22.064292
  currentAttention:     7.008025319317284
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "politicians"
  - name: "Politician"
    slug: "politician"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Spain"
    slug: "spain"
  - name: "Europe"
    slug: "europe"
  - name: "Early Modern Era"
    slug: "early-modern-era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158662"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "María Ana d'Austria (emperatriz del Sacru Imperiu Romanu Xermánicu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mariya Anna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%86%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F"
    title: "Марыя Ганна Іспанская"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Anna_%C5%A0pan%C4%9Blsk%C3%A1_(1606%E2%80%931646)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Anna o Sbaen"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_von_Spanien_(1606%E2%80%931646)"
    title: "Maria Anna von Spanien (1606–1646)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماریا آنای اسپانیا، امپراتریس مقدس روم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Anna Espanjalainen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מריה אנה מספרד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Habsburg Mária Anna magyar királyné"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մարիա Աննա Իսպանացի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Anna dari Spanyol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_d'Asburgo_(imperatrice_del_Sacro_Romano_Impero)"
    title: "Maria Anna d'Asburgo (imperatrice del Sacro Romano Impero)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا آنا الإسبانية"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا انا من اسبانيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 18 August 1606 to Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, Maria Anna was floated as a bride for Charles, Prince of Wales — a prospect that triggered what became known as the "Spanish match" crisis across England and Scotland. She married Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, instead, becoming Empress and Queen of Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. She took the regency multiple times during his absences, notably in 1645 when he was away in Bohemia. In Vienna she imported Spanish dress, Spanish music, Spanish everything — and worked to tighten the bond between the two Habsburg branches. She died 13 May 1646.