Elisabeth of Austria was Queen of France from 1570 to 1574 as the wife of King Charles IX. A member of the House of Habsburg, she was the daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Sp
Portrait of Elisabeth by Jooris van der Straaten, 1573
Elisabeth of Austria, c. 1571
Elisabeth in widow's clothes. Painting by Jakob de Monte, ca. 1580.
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
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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