Maria Anna Christine Victoria of Bavaria was Dauphine of France by marriage to Louis, Grand Dauphin, son and heir of Louis XIV. She was known as la Grande Dauphine. The Dauphine was regarded a "pathet
Portrait by François de Troy, c. 1680s
Maria Anna Victoria with her brother Maximilian II Emanuel, c. 1668
Portrait of Maria Anna as dauphine by Pierre Mignard, c. 1690
Ferdinand Maria was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. The Elector modernized the army and introduced Bavaria's first government code. Besi
Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
…and sickly. She is the ancestor of all Spanish monarchs following her son Philip V, except for Joseph Bonaparte. Maria Anna was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy. Her maternal grandparents were Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy and Christine Marie of France, the…
Portrait by Paul Mignard, 1674
Engraving of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria