Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, younger brother of Emperor Ferdinand III, was an Austrian soldier, administrator and patron of the arts.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, by Pieter Thijs
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, ca 1650s by David Teniers the Younger
Bust of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, by Francois Dieussart (1656). Kunsthistorisches Museum
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery in Brussels, by David Teniers the Younger, c. 1650
Maria Anna of Bavaria was a German princess, a member of the House of Wittelsbach by birth and an Archduchess consort of Inner Austria by marriage.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
…in Vienna. Born at Wiener Neustadt on 5 January 1614, he was the final of seven children born to Emperor Ferdinand II (1578-1637) and his first wife, Maria Anna of Bavaria (1574–1616). His elder brother became Emperor Ferdinand III (1608–1657). As a younger son, Leopold was educated for the church. However, he was never…
Portrait by Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1604