Biography of Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress 1574-1616

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On 22nd February 1568 [her father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 19) and [her mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 23) were married at Munich. She by marriage Duchess Bavaria. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine and [her grandmother] Christina Oldenburg Duchess Lorraine (age 46). He the son of [her grandfather] Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 39) and [her grandmother] Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria (age 39). They were second cousins.

On 18th December 1574 Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress was born to [her father] William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 26) and [her mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 2.86%.

On 24th October 1579 [her grandfather] Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria (age 51) died. His son [her father] William (age 31) succeeded V Duke Bavaria.

In 1595 [her brother] Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm Wittelsbach (age 18) was appointed Bishop Regensburg.

In 1597 [her brother] Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm Wittelsbach (age 20) was appointed Cardinal.

On 18th May 1598 [her brother] Cardinal Philipp Wilhelm Wittelsbach (age 21) died.

On 25th May 1601 [her son] Archduchess Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 22) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 26). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%. He died aged less than one years old.

On 21st June 1601 [her son] Archduchess Habsburg Spain died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 22nd May 1602 [her mother] Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria (age 58) died.

On 25th May 1603 [her son] Charles Habsburg Spain died.

On 25th May 1603 [her son] Charles Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 24) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 28). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%. He died aged less than one years old.

On 1st November 1605 [her son] John Charles Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 27) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 30). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%.

On 13th July 1608 [her son] Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 30) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 33). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%. He married (1) 20th February 1631 his first cousin Maria Anna of Spain Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Philip III King Spain and Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain, and had issue (2) 2nd July 1648 his first cousin Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia and had issue (3) 30th April 1651 his second cousin twice removed Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia, daughter of Charles Gonzaga Duke Nevers Duke Rethel and Maria Gonzaga Duchess of Montferrat, and had issue.

On 13th January 1610 [her daughter] Maria Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 31) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 35). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%. She married 15th July 1635 her uncle Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria, son of William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria, and had issue.

On 16th July 1611 [her daughter] Cecilia Renata Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 33) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 36). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%.

In 1612 [her brother] Archbishop Ferdinand Wittelsbach (age 34) was appointed Archbishop Cologne.

In 1614 [her son] Leopold Wilhelm Habsburg Spain was born to Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor (age 35) and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 39). Coefficient of inbreeding 11.68%.

On 8th March 1616 Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress (age 41) died.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress were married. She by marriage Holy Roman Empress. She the daughter of William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria and Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria. They were first cousins.

Ancestors of Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress 1574-1616

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabetta Visconti Duchess Bavaria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eric Brunswick Grubenhagen 1st Duke Brunswick Grubenhagen 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Wittelsbach IV Duke Bavaria 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Kunigunde Habsburg Duchess Bavaria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward "The Philosopher" I King Portugal Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Portugal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandFather: Albert V Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles I Margrave Baden 9 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christopher I Margrave Baden 10 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Austria

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Baden 1st Margrave Baden 11 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Philipp II the Younger of Katzenelnbogen

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ottilie of Nassau-Dillenburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marie Jakobaea Baden Duchess Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis IV Count Palatine of the Rhine 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Elector Palatinate 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Savoy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth of the Palatinate 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis IX Duke of Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Amalia of Saxony 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: William Wittelsbach V Duke Bavaria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Maximilian Habsburg I Holy Roman Emperor 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Aviz Holy Roman Empress 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Bold" Valois Duke Burgundy 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Valois Duchess Burgundy 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Aragon 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand II King Aragon 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juana Enríquez Queen Consort Aragon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna "The Mad" Trastámara Queen Castile 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John II King Castile Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Queen Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Aviz Queen Consort Castile 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

GrandMother: Anna Habsburg Spain Duchess Bavaria 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło

Great x 3 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany

Great x 2 Grandfather: Vladislaus II King Hungary 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxemburg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Foix 1st Earl Kendal 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gaston de Foix 2nd Earl Kendal 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Kerdeston Countess Foix 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anna Foix Queen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gaston IV Count Foix

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Foix Countess Kendal 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Trastámara Queen Consort Navarre 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Antoine Count of Vaudémont 8 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick Lorraine Count Vaudémont 9 x Great Grand Son of King Stephen I England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Countess of Harcourt

Great x 2 Grandfather: René Lorraine II Duke Lorraine Duke of Bar 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: René Valois Anjou I Duke Anjou 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Yolande Valois Anjou 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Metz Duchess Anjou I Duchess Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Stephen I England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Antoine Lorraine II Duke Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Egmont Duke Guelders

Great x 3 Grandfather: Adolf Egmont 2nd Duke Guelders 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine La Marck 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Philippa Egmont Duchess of Bar Duchess Lorraine 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Bourbon Duchess Guelders 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Valois Duchess Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

GrandFather: Francis Lorraine I Duke Lorraine 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand V of La Tour

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquette du Peschin Dame de Banassat

Great x 1 Grandmother: Renée Bourbon Duchess Lorraine 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ludovico III Gonzaga Marquis of Mantua

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Brandenburg Marquise of Mantua

Great x 2 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Mother: Renata Lorraine Duchess Bavaria 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Dietrich Count of Oldenburg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Christian I King of Denmark

Great x 4 Grandmother: Helvig of Schauenburg

Great x 2 Grandfather: John King of Denmark Norway and Sweden

Great x 4 Grandfather: John "The Alchemist" Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Great x 3 Grandmother: Dorothea of Brandenburg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg

Great x 1 Grandfather: Christian II King of Denmark II King Norway 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ernest Elector Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria

Great x 2 Grandmother: Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England