Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Maria of Austria ( born May 15, 1531 Prague, † December 11, 1581 in Hambach Castle ) from the House of Habsburg, was an Archduchess of Austria and by marriage Duchess of Jülich, Cleves and Berg.

Life

Mary was a daughter of the later Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564) from his marriage to Anna Jagiello (1503-1547), daughter of King Vladislav II of Bohemia and Hungary.

They married on July 18, 1546 in Regensburg Duke Wilhelm V of Jülich- Kleve -Berg, called the Rich ( 1516-1592 ). The marriage ceremony was very complicated, committed in the presence of Emperor Charles V, the uncle of Mary and was one of the agreements of the Treaty of Venlo, in the Wilhelm after the money Rischen War of Succession the duchy of Guelders had to cede to the House of Austria, and undertook in the Catholic camp of Empire to stay. Emperor Charles V granted William after marriage with his niece the privilege of having been the extinction of the male line of his house, his daughters for subsequent considered able. The Wilhelm forced marriage of convenience was in spite of everything than happy.

Mary, a granddaughter of Joan the Mad, was considered moody and was only temporarily, completely geistesgesört later. She was buried in the collegiate church of the Assumption in Kleve.

Progeny

From their marriage, Mary had the following children:

  • Marie Eleonore (1550-1608)
  • Anna (1552-1632)
  • Magdalena (1553-1633)
  • Karl Friedrich (1555-1575), Prince
  • Elisabeth (1556-1561)
  • Sibylle (1557-1627)
  • Johann Wilhelm (1562-1609), Duke of Jülich, Cleves and Berg
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