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Encyclopedia > Margaret of Spain
Margaret of Spain in Mourning Dress (1666) by Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo.
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Margaret of Spain in Mourning Dress (1666) by Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo.

Margaret of Spain or Margaret Theresa (Spanish: Margarita) (July 12, 1651 - March 12, 1673), was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and his second wife Mariana of Austria (or Marie-Anne of Austria.) July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... // Events January 1 - Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... Events The English Test Act was passed. ... Philip IV of Spain Philip IV (April 8, 1605 - September 17, 1665) was the king of Spain, from 1621 until his death, and king of Portugal until 1640. ... Marianna of Austria married her uncle, Philip IV of Spain, or Philip the fat, and gave him an heir: Charles II of Spain, or Charles the bewitched. ... Marie-Anne of Austria married her uncle, Philip IV of Spain, or Philip the Fat, and gave him an heir: Charles II of Spain, or Charles the bewitched. ...


She married her uncle, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I Habsburg (June 9, 1640 – May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain. ...


Margaret is the young infanta depicted in Diego Velásquez' Las Meninas (1656, English: The Maids of Honor). In the Spanish and former Portuguese monarchies, Infante (masc. ... Las Meninas, painted in 1656, is the most famous of the works by the great Spanish painter Diego Velázquez. ...


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