Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain
Anna of Austria was Queen of Spain by marriage to her uncle, King Philip II of Spain. During her last days of life she was also briefly Queen of Portugal.
Portrait by Alonso Sánchez Coello, c. 1571
Anna as an Austrian Archduchess
1570 portrait by Anthonis Mor
King Philip and Queen Anna banqueting with family and courtiers, by Alonso Sánchez Coello, c. 1596
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1564 until his death in 1576. A member of the Austrian House of Habsburg, he was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague on 14 May 1562 and elected King of Germany on 24 November 1562. On 8 September 1563 he was crowned King of Hungary and Croatia in the Hungarian capital Pressburg. On 25 July 1564 he succeeded his father Ferdinand I as Holy Roman Emperor.
Portrait by Nicolas Neufchâtel, c. 1566
Maximilian and his younger brothers Ferdinand II and John, painting by Jakob Seisenegger, 1539
Archduke Maximilian, portrait by William Scrots, about 1544
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