Marie Antoinette was not Alone: Medieval and Early Modern Habsburg Marriage Diplomacy. The Women who left Home


The Eight Habsburg Holy Roman Empresses, 1564-1765 (Six were married to Habsburgs)
  • Maria of Spain, daughter of Emperor Charles V, consort of Maximilian II: 1564-76. Dowager until 1603.
  • Anna of Austria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand, consort of Matthias: 1612-18. Dowager until 1618.
  • Maria Anna of Spain, daughter of King Phillip III, consort of Ferdinand III: 1637-46.
  • Maria Leopoldine of Austria, daughter of Archduke Leopold V, consort of Ferdinand III, 1648-49.
  • Margarita Teresa of Spain, daughter of King Phillip IV, consort of Leopold I, 1666-73.
  • Claudia Felicitas of Austria, daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Charles, consort of Leopold I, 1673-76.
  • Maria Amalia of Austria, daughter of Emperor Joseph I, consort of Charles VII, 1742-54. Dowager until 1756.
  • Maria Theresia of Austria, daughter of Emperor Charles VI, consort of Francis I, 1745-65. Dowager until 1780.