Maria Anna of Bavaria - Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana
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Coat of arms of Maria Anna of Bavaria, on the ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George, Ljubljanski Grad, Ljubljana.
Waymark Code: WMT7V9
Location: Slovenia
Date Posted: 10/11/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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Coat of arms of Maria Anna of Bavaria, on the ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George, Ljubljanski Grad, Ljubljana. The arms bear the legend 'Maria Albert I.V Hertz: in Bohemen Toch Erzh: Caroli Gemalin Strib 30April 1608'

"Maria Anna of Bavaria (21 March 1551, Munich – 29 April 1608, Graz) was the daughter of Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (1528–1579) and Anna of Austria (1528–1590), and the wife of Archduke Charles II of Austria.

Maria Anna was the fourth of seven siblings, only five of the children lived through to adulthood. Maria Anna's siblings included: William V, Duke of Bavaria, Ernest of Bavaria, Ferdinand of Bavaria and her unmarried sister, Maximiliana Maria of Bavaria (who once was appointed to marry king Sebastian of Portugal).

On 26 August 1571 in Vienna Maria Anna married her maternal uncle, Charles II of Austria (1540–1590). At first the Archduke was a suitor of Elizabeth I of England for almost a decade. However, despite long term negotiations the queen refused to marry Charles.

Within nineteen years of marriage, Charles and Maria Anna had fifteen children:

Ferdinand (b. Judenburg, 15 July 1572 – d. Judenburg, 3 August 1572).
Anne (b. Graz, 16 August 1573 – d. Warsaw, 10 February 1598), married on 31 May 1592 to Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Sweden.
Maria Christina (b. Graz, 10 November 1574 – d. Hall in Tirol, 6 April 1621), married on 6 August 1595 to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania; they divorced in 1599.
Catherine Renata (b. Graz, 4 January 1576 – d. Graz, 29 June 1599).
Elisabeth (b. Graz, 13 March 1577 – d. Graz, 29 January 1586).
Ferdinand (b. Graz, 9 July 1578 – d. Vienna, 15 February 1637), Holy Roman Emperor as Ferdinand II in 1619.
Charles (b. Graz, 17 July 1579 – d. Graz, 17 May 1580).
Gregoria Maximiliana (b. Graz, 22 March 1581 – d. Graz, 20 September 1597).
Eleanor (b. Graz, 25 September 1582 – d. Hall in Tirol, 28 January 1620), a nun.
Maximilian Ernest (b. Graz, 17 November 1583 – d. Graz, 18 February 1616), Teutonic Knight.
Margaret (b. Graz, 25 December 1584 – d. El Escorial 3 October 1611), married on 18 April 1599 to Philip III, King of Spain.
Leopold (b. Graz, 9 October 1586 – d. Schwaz, 13 September 1632), Archduke of Further Austria and Count of Tirol.
Constance (b. Graz, 24 December 1588 – d. Warsaw, 10 July 1631), married on 11 December 1605 to Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Sweden (widower of her older sister).
Maria Magdalena (b. Graz, 7 October 1589 – d. Padua, 1 November 1631), married on 19 October 1608 Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Charles the Posthumous (b. Graz, 7 August 1590 – d. Madrid, 28 December 1624), Bishop of Wroclaw and Brixen (1608–24), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1618–24)."

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Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family

Full name of the bearer: Maria Anna of Bavaria

Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
Ceiling of the Castle Chapel of St George - Ljubljanski Grad - Ljubljana


Material / Design: Painting on plaster

Blazon (heraldic description):
Wittelsbach Coat of Arms: With the Palatinate the Wittelsbach acquired the lion as an heraldic symbol; the white-and-blue lozenges came to the family when Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria acquired the county of Bogen in 1240


Address:
St George's Chapel Ljubljana Castle Ljubljana 1000 Slovenia


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