HABSBURG BIOGRAPHIES, M
A list of major persons in the Habsburg dynasty with brief biographies and illustrations
where possible.
Whereas all titles have been given in English, Christian names usually appear
in German, but also French, Spanish, Italian etc. depending on the source (e.g.
Albrecht rather than Albert, Karl rather than Charles). Before assuming that someone
is not present in this list try all variants of the name -- Karl, Charles, Carolus,
Carlos, etc. Brief thought was given to imposing a rational system on the names,
but problems outweighed advantages. Place names have almost entirely been put
into English unless the place is so small as to have no English equivalent.
Names and titles appearing in parentheses below the main names are nick names,
aliases, titles and other such labels. Names in the text that appear in bold also
have a listing here.
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Magdalena
Daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I
and Anna of Hungary
Born 14/8/1532 in Innsbruck
Died 10/12/1590 in Hall, Tyrol
Magdalene
Daughter of Archduke Josef August and Princess Augsta of Bavaria
Born 6/9/1909 in Kistapolcsany
Died 25/6/1964 in Regensburg
Margaretha
Daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Hungary
Born 16/2/1536 in Innsbruck
Died 12/3/1566 in Hall in Tyrol
Margaretha
Daughter of Grandduke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and Princess Alice
of Bourbon-Parma
Born 08/05/1894 in Salzburg
Died 30/4/1965 in Schwertberg, Upper Austria
Margaretha
(Meg)
Daughter of Archduke Leopold Salvator and Princess Blanka of Bourbon-Castile
Born 13/10/1881 in Lemberg
Died 21/6/1986 in Rome
Margaretha Maria Teresa
Empress, first wife of Emperor Leopold I, daughter of King Philipp IV
of Spain and Maria Anna of Austria
Born 12/7/1651 in Madrid
Died 12/3/1673 in Vienna
Margarethe
Daughter of Archduke Albrecht II and Johanna of the Palatinate
Born 1346 in Vienna
Died 14/1/1366 in Brunn
Margarethe
Magravine of Moravia, daughter of Duke Leopold III and Viridis Visconti
Born around 1370
Died after 1400
Margarethe
First wife of Archduke Ernst "the Iron"
Birth unknown
Died 12/6/1410 in Bruck
Margarethe
Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Duke Albrecht IV and Johanna Sophia
of Bavaria
Born 26/6/1395 in Vienna
Died 24/12/1447 in Burghausen
Margarethe
Electress of Saxony, second child of Duke Ernst of Inner Austria and Cimburgis
of Masovia
Born 1416 or 1417 in Wiener Neustadt
Died 12/2/1486 in Altenburg
Margarethe
(Of Austria, or of Savoy)
Ruler of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Maximilian I and Maria
of Burgundy
Born 10/1/148- in Brussel
Died 1/12/1530 in Mechelen
Margarethe
Duchess of Parma, Stattholder of the Netherlands, natural daughter of Emperor
Karl V and Jeanna van den Gheynst
Born end of July 1522 in Pamele, Flanders
Died 18/1/1586 in Ortona, Italy
Margarethe
Daughter of Emperor Maximilian II and Infanta Maria
Born 25/1/1567 in Vienna
Died 5/7/1633 in Madrid
Margarethe
(Of Austria)
Queen of Spain and Portugal, wife of Philipp III (II), daughter of Archduke
Karl II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria
Born 25/12/1584 in Graz
Died 3/10/1611 in the Escorial
Margarethe
First wife of Archduke Karl Ludwig
Born 24/5/1840 in Dresden
Died 15/9/1858 in Monza
Margarethe
Daughter of Archduke Josef and Princess Klothilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Born 6/7/1870 in Alcsut, Hungary
Died 2/5/1955 in Regensburg
Margarethe Sophie
Duchess of Wurttemberg, daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig and Princess Maria
Annunziata of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies
Born 13/5/1870 in Artstettn, Lower Austria
Died 24/8/1902 in Gmunden, Lower Austria
Maria
Of Burgundy, Empress, first wife of Maximilian
I
Born 13/2/1457 in Brussel
Died 27/3/1482 in Bruges after a fall from a horse while hunting
Maria Manuela
Of Portugal, first wife of King Philipp II
Born 15/10/1527 in Coimbra
Died 12/8/1545 in Valladolid
Maria
Empress, wife of Emperor Maximilian II, daughter of Emperor Karl V
and Isabella of Portugal
Born 21/6/1528 in Madrid
Died 26/2/1603 in Villamante, Spain
Maria
Duchess of Julich-Cleves-Berg, Daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna
of Bohemia and Hungary
Born 15/5/1531 in Prague
Died 11/12/1581 at Hambach Castle
Maria
Wife of Karl II of Inner Austria
Born 21/3/1551 in Munich
Died 29/4/1608 in Graz
Maria
Daughter of Archduke Ferdinand II and Anna Katharia Gonzaga
Born 16/6/1584 in Innsbruck
Died 2/3/1649 in Innsbruck
Maria
Second wife of Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany
Born 27/5/1795
Died 3/1/1865 at Brandeis Castle, Bohemia
Maria
Oldest daughter of Archduke Rainer Josef, the Viceroy of Lombardy and Venetia
and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan
Born 6/2/1821 in Milan
Died 23/1/1844 in Milan
Maria
Seventh child of Archduke Franz Salvator and Archduchess Marie Valerie
Born 19/11/1901 at Wallsee Castle, Lower Austria
Died 29/12/1936 in Innsbruck
Maria
First wife of Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany
Born 15/11/1799 in Dresden
Died 24/3/1832 in Pisa
Maria Alice
Eighth daughter of Archduke Friedrich and Princess Isabella of Croy-Dulmen
Born 15/1/1893 in Pressburg
Died 1/7/1962 in Halbthurn
Maria Amalie
Empress, Electress of Bavaria, younger daughter of Emperor Josef I and
Princess Amalie Wilhelmine of Brunswick-Luneburg
Born 22/10/1701 in Vienna
Died 11/12/1756 in Munich
Maria Amalia
(Amelie)
Duchess of Parma, daughter of Emperor Franz I Stefan and Maria Theresia
Born 26/2/1746 in Vienna
Died 18/6/1804 in Prague
Maria Amalia
Daughter of Emperor Leopold II and Princess Maria Ludovica of Bourbon-Spain
Born 15/10/1780 in Florence
Died 25/12/1798 in Vienna
Maria Anna
First wife of Emperor Fredinand II
Born 8/12/1574 in Munich
Died 8/3/1616 in Graz
Maria Anna
Empress, wife of Ferdinand III daughter of King Philipp III of Spain
and Archduchess Margarethe
Born 18/8/1606 in Madrid
Died 13/5/1646 in Linz
Maria Anna
Born 1606, see Maria
Maria Anna
Kurfurstin of Bavaria, daughter of Emperor Ferdinand II and Maria Anna
of Bavaria
Born 13/1/1610 in Graz
Died 25/9/1665 in Munich
Maria
Anna
(Mariana Teresea of Austria)
Queen and Regent (1665-1675) of Spain, second wife of King Philipp IV,
daughter of Emperor Ferdinand III and Infanta Maria
Born 23/12/1634 in Wiener Neustadt
Died 16/5/1696 in Madrid
Maria
Anna
Of Palatinate-Neuburg, Queen of Spain, second wife of Karl II
Born 28/10/1667 in Dusseldorf
Died16/7/1740 in Guadalajara
Maria Anna
Queen of Portugal, daughter of Emperor Leopold I and Countess Eleonore
of Palatinate-Neuburg
Born 7/9/1683 in Vienna
Died 14/8/1754 in Lisbon
Maria Anna
Daughter of Emperor Karl VI and Princess Elisabeth Christine of
Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Born 14/9/1718 in Vienna
Died 16/12/1744 in Brussel
Maria Anna
(Marianne)
Daughter of Emperor Franz I Stefan and Empress Maria Theresia
Born 6/10/1738 in Vienna
Died 19/10/1789 in Klagenfurt
Maria Anna
Daughter of Emperor Leopold II and Princess Maria Ludovica of Bourbon-Spain
Born 21/4/1770 in Florence
Died 1/10/1809 in Neudorf, Banat
Maria Anna
Empress, wife of Ferdinand I
Born 19/9/1803 in Turin
Died 4/5/1884 in Vienna
Maria Anna
Daughter of Emperor Franz I (II) and Princess Maria Theresia of
Naples and Sicily
Born 8/6/1804 in Vienna
Died 28/12/1858 in Vienna
Maria Anna
Daughter of Archduke Friedrich and Princess Isabella of Croy-Dulmen
Born 6/1/1882 in Linz
Died 25/2/1940 in Lausanne
Maria Anna Josepha
Countess of Palatinate-Neuburg, daughter
of Emperor Ferdinand III and Eleonore Gonzaga
Born 20/12/1654 in Vienna
Died 4/4/1689 in Vienna
Maria Annuziata
(Ciolla)
Second wife of Archduke Karl Ludwig
Born 24/3/1843 in Naples
Died 4/5/1871 in Vienna
Maria Annuziata
(Miana)
Daughter of Archduke Karl Ludwig and Princess Maria Theresia of
Braganza
Born 31/7/1876 in Reichenau an der Rax
Died 8/4/1961 in Vaduz
Maria Antonia
Electress of Bavaria, daughter of Emperor Leopold I and Princess Margarita
Teresa of Spain
Born 18/1/1669 in Vienna
Died 24/12/1692 in Vienna
Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette)
(Marie Antonia)
Queen of France, youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor
Franz I Stefan
Born 2/11/1755 in Vienna
Died 16/10/1793 in Paris
Maria Antonia
(Antonette)
Second wife of Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany
Born 19/12/1814 in Palermo
Died 17/11/1898 in Orth near Gmunden
Maria Antonia
(Antonette)
Daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and Princess Anna Maria
of Saxony
Born 10/1/1858 in Florence
Died 13/4/1883 in Cannes
Maria Antonia
Daughter of Archduke Leopold Salvator and Princess Blanka of Bourbon-Castile
Born 13/7/1899 in Agram (Zagreb, Croatia)
Died 22/10/1977 in Porto Allegro, Brasil
Maria Beatrix
(Beatriz of Austria Este)
Daughter of Duke Franz IV of Modena and Princess Maria Beatrix of
Savoy
Born 13/2/1824 in Modena
Died 18/3/1906 in Gorz
Maria Beatrix Riccarda
Of Este, Duchess of Massa and Carrara, wife of Archduke Ferdinand
Born 7/4/1750 in Modena
Died 14/11/1829 in Vienna
Maria Christina
Daughter of Archduke Karl of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria
Born 10/11/1574 in Graz
Died 6/4/1621 in Hall, Tyrol
Maria Christina
(Marie, Mimi)
Stattholder of ther Netherlands, fifth child of Emperor Franz I Stefan
and Empress Maria Theresia
Born 13/5/1742 in Vienna
Died 24/6/1798 in Vienna
Maria Christina
(Christa)
Queen and Regent of Spain, daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and Archduchess
Elisabeth
Born 21/7/1858 in Gross-Seelowitz, Moravia
Died 6/2/1929 in Madrid
Maria Christina
Oldest daughter of Archduke Friedrich and Princess Isabella of Croy-Dulmen
Born 17/11/1879 in Krakau
Died 6/8/1962 in Anholt
Maria Dolores
Oldst daughter of Archduke Leopold Balvator and Princess Blanka
of Bourbon-Castile
Born 5/5/1891 in Lemberg
Died 10/4/1974 in Viareggio
Maria Dorethea
Third wife of Archduke-Palatine Josef Anton
Born 1/11/1797 in Carlsruhe, Prussian Silesia
Died 30/3/1855 in Buda (Ofen)
Maria Dorethea
Oldest daughter of Archduke Josef Karl Ludwig and Princess Klothilde
of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha
Born 24/6/1867 in Alcsut, Hungary
Died 2/4/1932 in Alscut
Maria Elisabeth
Stattholder of the Netherlands, daughter of Emperor Leopold I and Countess
Eleonore of Palatinate-Neuberg
Born 13/12/1680 in Linz
Died 26/8/1741 in Mariemont Castle near Morlanwelz, Hennegau
Maria Elisabeth
Daughter of Emperor Franz I Stefan
and Maria Theresia
Born 13/8/1743 in Vienna
Died 22/9/1808 in Linz
Maria Hendrika (Marie-Henriette)
Queen of Belgium, daughter of Archduke-Palatine Josef Anton and Princess
Maria Dorothea of Wurttemberg
Born 23/8/1836 in Ofen (Buda)
Died 19/9/1902 in Spa, Belgium
Maria Immakulata
(Petite)
Wife of Archduke Karl Salvator
Born 14/4/1844 in Caserta
Died 18/2/1899 in Vienna
Maria Immakulata
Duchess of Wurttemberg, seventh child of Archduke Karl Salvator and Princess
Maria Immakulata of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies
Born 3/9/1878 in Baden by Vienna
Died 25/11/1968 at Altshausen Castle, Wurttemberg
Maria Immakulata
Daughter of Archduke Leopold Salvator and Princess Blanka of Bourbon-Castile
Born 9/9/1892 in Lemberg
Died 4/9/1971 in Viareggio
Maria Isabella
See Isaballa
Maria Josefa
Queen of Poland, Electress of Saxony, daughter of Emperor Josef I and Princess
Amalie Wilhelmine of Brunswick-Luneburg
Born 8/12/1699 in Vienna
Died 17/11/1757 in Dresden
Maria Josefa
Empress, second wife of Josef II
Born 20/3/1739 in Munich
Died 28/5/1767 in Vienna
Maria Josefa
Twelfth child of Emperor Franz I Stefan and Empress Maria Theresia
Born 19/3/1751 in Vienna
Died 15/10/1767 in Vienna
Maria Josefa
Wife of Archduke Otto
Born 31/5/1867 in Dresden
Died 28/5/1944 at Wildenwart Castle, Upper Bavaria
Maria Karolina
(Marei Charlotte)
Queen of Naples and Sicily, daughter of Emperor Franz I Stefan and Empress
Maria Theresia
Born 13/8/1752 in Vienna
Died 8/9/1814 in Hetzendorf by Vienna
Maria Karolina
(Marie Rainer)
Daughter of Archduke Karl and Princess Henriette of Nassau- Weilburg,
wife of Archduke Rainer Ferdinand
Born 10/9/1825 in Vienna
Died 17/7/1915 in Baden by Vienna
Maria Klemetine
Princess of Salerno, daughter of Emperor Franz II and Princess Maria
Theresia of Naples and Sicily
Born 1/3/1798 in Vienna
Died 3/9/1881 at Chantilly Castle by Paris
Maria Leopoldine
Empress, second wife of Emperor Ferdinand III youngest daughter of Leopold
V of Tyrol and Claudia of Medici
Born 6/4/1632 in Innsbruck
Died 7/7/1649 in Vienna
Maria Leopoldine
Electress of Bavaria, daughter of Archduke Ferinand and Marie Beatrix
of Modena-Este
Born 10/12/1776 in Milan
Died 23/6/1848 by Wasserburg
Maria Ludovica
(Marie Luise, Maria Luisa)
Empress, Grandduchess of Tuscany, wife of Emperor Leopold II
Born 24/11/1745 in Naples
Died 15/5/1792 in Vienna
Maria Ludovica Beatrix
(Luiga)
Empress, third wife of Franz I (II)
Born 1787 in Monza
Died 7/4/1816 in Verona
Maria Luisa
Daughter of Grandduke Leopold II of Tuscany and Princess Maria Antonia
of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies
Born 31/10/1845 in Florence
Died 27/8/1917 in Hanau
Maria Magdalena
Grand Duchess of Tuscany, daughter of Archduke Karl of Inner Austria and
Maria of Bavaria
Born 7/10/1589 in Graz
Died 1/11/1631 in Passau
Maria Magdalena
Daughter of Emperor Leopold I and Countess Eleonore Magdalea of
the Palatinate
Born 26/3/1689 in Vienna
Died 1/5/1743 in Vienna
Maria Raineria
Born 1878, see Maria Immakulata
Maria Teresa
(Marie Therese)
Queen of France, daughter of King Philipp IV of Spain and Isabella
of Bourbon
Born 20/9/1638 in The Escorial
Died 30/7/1683 in Versailles
Maria Teresa
Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen
of Bohemia and Hungary, daughter of Emperor Karl VI and Princess Elisabeth
Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, wife of Emperor Franz I Stefan
Born 13/5/1717 in Vienna
Died 29/11/1780 in Vienna
Maria Theresia
Queen of Saxony, oldest daughter of Emperor Leopold II and Princess Maria
Ludovica of Naples and Sicily
Born 14/1/1767 in Florence
Died 7/11/1827 in Leipzig
Maria Theresia
Empress, second wife of Emperor Franz II (I)
Born 6/6/1772 in Naples
Died 13/4/1807 in Vienna
Maria Theresia
Queen of Sardinia-Piedmont, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Aton Govener
General of Austrian Lombardy, and Maria Beatrix of Este, Duchess of Massa
and Carrara
Born 1/11/1773 in Milan
Died 28/3/1832 in Turin
Maria Theresia
Queen of Savoy-Piedmont, daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany,
and Countess Luise of Naples and Sicily
Born 21/3/1801 in Vienna
Died 12/1/1855 in Turin
Maria Theresia
Queen of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies,
oldest daughter of Archduke Karl and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
Born 31/7/1816 in Weilburg, Baden
Died 8/8/1867 in Rome
Maria Theresia
Of Bourbon, oldest daughter of Duke Franz IV of Modena, Massa, and Carrara
and Princess Marie Beatrix of Savoy
Born 14/7/1817 in Modena
Died 25/3/1886 in Graz
Maria Theresia
Duchess of Wurttemberg, daughter of Archduke Albrecht and Princess Hildegard
of Bavaria
Born 15/7/1845 in Vienna
Died 8/10/1927 in Tubingen
Maria Theresia
Queen of Bavaria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and Archduchess
Elisabeth
Born 2/7/1849 in Brunn
Died 3/2/1919 at Wildenwart Castle in Chiemgau
Maria Theresia
Third wife of Archduke Karl Ludwig
Born 24/8/1855 in Heubach
Died 12/2/1944 in Vienna
Maria Theresia
Oldest daughter of Archduke Karl Salvator and Princess Maria Immakulata
of Bourbon and the Two Sicilies, wife of Archduke Karl Stefan
Born 18/9/1862 in Altbunzlau
Died ../../1933
Marie Beatrix
Wife of Duke Franz IV of Modena
Born 6/12/1792 in Turin
Died 15/9/1840 in Modena
Marie Christine
Wife of Archduke Peter Ferdinand
Born 10/4/1877 in Cannes
Died 4/10/1947 in St. Gilgen
Died . . .
Marie Klemetine
Crown Princess of Naples and Sicily, daughter of Emperor Leopold II and
Princess Maria Ludovica of Bourbon-Spain
Born 24/4/1777 in Florence
Died 15/11/1801 in Naples
Marie Luise
See also Maria Luisa and Maria Ludovica
Marie Luise d'Orleans
Queen of Spain, first wife of King Karl II
Born 26/4/1662 in Paris
Died 12/2/1689 in Madrid
Marie Luise
(Ludovica)
First wife of Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany
Born 17/7/1773 in Naples
Died 19/9/1802 in Vienna
Marie Luise
(Maria Ludovica)
Empress of France, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla, oldest child of
Emperor Franz II (I) and Princess Maria Theresia of Naples and Sicily
Born 12/12/1791 in Vienna
Died 17/12/1847 in Parma
Marie Luise
Daughter of Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Tuscany and Princess Luise
of Naples and Sicily
Born 30/8/1798 in Florence
Died 15/6/1857 in Florence
Marie Therese
Wife of Archduke Theodor Salvator
Born 18/10/1901 at Neutrauchburg
Died 17/7/1967 in Munich
Marie Valerie
Joungest daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph and Duchess Elisabeth
in Bavaria
Mary Tudor
(The Catholic, The Bloody)
Queen of England and Spain, second wife of King Philipp II of Spain
Born 18/2/1516 in Greenwich
Died 17/11/1558 in London
Mathilde
Duchess of Bavaria, oldest daughter of King Rudolf I and Gertrud
of Hohenberg
Born 1251
Died 22/12/1304 in Munich
Mathilde
Born 1419, see Mechthild
Mathilde
Daughter of Archduke Albrecht and Hildegard of Bavaria
Born 25/1/1849 in Vienna
Died 6/6/1867 in Hetzendorf near Vienna
Mathilde
Daughter of Archduke Franz Salvator and Archduchess Maria Valerie
Born 9/8/1906 in Ischl
Matthias
Emperor since 1612, son of Maximillian
II and Infanta Maria
Born 24/2/1557 in Vienna
Died 20/3/1619 in Vienna
Maximilian I
Emperor, son of Emperor Friedrich III
and Eleonore of Portugal
Born 22/3/1459 in Wiener Neustadt
Died 12/1/1519 in Wels
Maximilian II
Emperor, son of Emperor Ferdinand I and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary
Born 31/7/1527 in Vienna
Died 12/10/1576 in Regensburg
Maximilian III (I)
(The Deutschmeister)
Son of Emperor Maximilian II and Infanta Maria
Born 12/10/1558 in Wiener Neustadt
Died 2/11/1618 in Vienna
Maximilian
(Real name- Ferdinand Maximillian, called Max)
Emperor of Mexico, second son of Archduke Franz Karl and Princess Sophie
of Bavaria, whose foolish acceptance of the throne of Mexico led to his abandonment
by the French, defeat and execution by the forces of Benito Juarez.
Born 6/7/1832 in Vienna
Executed 19/6/1867 in Queretaro, Mexico
Maximilian Ernst
Fourth son of Karl II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria
Born 17/11/1583 in Graz
Died 18/2/1616 in Graz
Maximilian Eugen
Second son of Archduke Otto and Maria Josefa of Saxony
Born 13/4/1895 in Vienna
Died 19/1/1952 in Nice
Maximilian Franz
Last Elector-Archbishop of Cologne and Prince-Bishop of Munster, 16th and youngest
child of Emperor Franz I Stefan and Empress Maria Theresia
Born 8/12/1756 in Vienna
Died 26/7/1801 in Hetzendorf by Vienna
Maximilian Josef
Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (Hoch- und Deutsch-Meister), fourth son of
Archduke Ferdinand Karl and Maria Beatrix of Este
Born 14/7/1782 in Milan
Died 1/6/1863 at Ebenzweier, Upper Austria
Mechthild
(Mathilde)
Duchess of Bavaria, wife of Duke Albrecht VI
Born 7/3/1419 in Heidelberg
Died 22/8/1482 in Heidelberg
Mechtildis
Third daughter of Archduke Karl Stefan and Archduchess Maria Theresia
Born 11/10/1891 in Pola
Died 6/2/1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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