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Mary Anne of Austria
31 October 2006 - 18:38 @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_of_Austria

Mary Anne of Austria (September 7, 1683 ,Linz - August 14, 1754, Lissabon) Archduchess of Austria and Queen consort of Portugal.

She was daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg. Mary Anne was sister of the emperors Joseph I and Charles VI.

On October 27, 1708 she married John V of Portugal and became thus Queen consort of Portugal.

She was mother of seven children , amongst whom were the future kings Joseph I of Portugal and Peter III of Portugal and Barbara of Portugal, Queen consort of Ferdinand VI of Spain.

In 1742 Mary Anne took over power after John V suffered a stroke, which left him partially paralysed . When John V died on July 31, 1750 she gave the power to her eldest son Joseph I of Portugal.

After her death, she was buried in Lisbon, but her heart was brought to Vienna and buried there in the imperial crypt.


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