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Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

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Archduchess Maria
Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Portrait by Hans Besser, c. 1555
Born(1531-05-15)15 May 1531
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Died11 December 1581(1581-12-11) (aged 50)
Hambach Castle, Niederzier, Duchy of Jülich, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse
Issue
HouseHabsburg
FatherFerdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherAnna of Bohemia and Hungary

Archduchess Maria of Austria (15 May 1531 – 11 December 1581) was the daughter of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor from the House of Habsburg and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary.

She married William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg on 18 July 1546 as his second wife. Their children were:

  1. Marie Eleonore (1550–1608); married Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia
  2. Anna (1552–1632); married Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
  3. Magdalene (1553–1633); married John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, brother of Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg
  4. Charles Frederick (1555–1575)
  5. Elizabeth (1556–1561)
  6. Sibylle (1557–1627); married Karl II Habsburg (1560–1618) of Austria, Margrave of Burgau, a morganatic son of Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria
  7. John William (1562–1609), Bishop of Münster, Count of Altena, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg; married firstly, in 1585, to Jakobea of Baden (1558–1597), daughter of Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden; married secondly, in 1599, to Antonia of Lorraine (1568–1610), daughter of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine)

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