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Encyclopedia > Maria Anna of Bavaria

Maria Anna of Bavaria (1660 - 1690), whose full birth name was Maria Anna Christine Victoria von Wittelsbach, was also known as Dauphine Victoire. Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ...


She was daughter of Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria and his wife Adelaide Henriette of Savoy. Ferdinand Maria, elector of Bavaria (October 31, 1636 - May 26, 1679) was a Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and an elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire from 1651 to 1679. ...


She married Louis, the Grand Dauphin, son and heir of Louis XIV of France, who predeceased his father. The Grand Dauphin Louis, the Grand Dauphin (le Grand Dauphin in French) (1 November 1661 - 14 April 1711) was the eldest son and heir of King Louis XIV of France and Queen consort Maria Theresa of Spain, hence dauphin. His paternal grandparents were Louis XIII of France and Anna of... Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné) (September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715) reigned as King of France and King of Navarre from May 14, 1643 until his death. ...


She became mother to Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Philip V of Spain and Charles de Bourbon, Duc de Berry. Her first son was father to Louis XV of France. Louis, duke of Burgundy (August 16, 1682 - February 18, 1712) was the son of Louis, the Grand Dauphin, and grandson of King Louis XIV of France. ... King Philip V of Spain (December 19, 1683 – July 9, 1746) or Philippe of Anjou, grandson of the French monarch Louis XIV, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1746, the first of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain. ... Louis XV (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), called the Well-Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 to 1774. ...


She should not be confused with an earlier Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551-1608).



 

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