Mariana of Austria
| Mariana of Austria | |
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Portrait of Mariana of Austria by Diego Velázquez, 1652–53 | |
| Queen consort of Spain | |
| Tenure | 7 October 1649 – 17 September 1665 |
| Queen regent of Spain | |
| Regency | 17 September 1665 – 6 November 1675 |
| Monarch | Charles II |
| Born | 23 December 1634 Wiener Neustadt, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 16 May 1696 (aged 61) Palace of the Councils, Madrid, Crown of Castile |
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| Issue Among others | |
| House | Habsburg |
| Father | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Maria Anna of Spain |
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Mariana of Austria (23 December 1634 – 16 May 1696) was Queen of Spain from 1649 until her husband Philip IV of Spain died in 1665. Appointed Regent for their infant son Charles II, she remained an influential figure until her own death in 1696.
Her regency was overshadowed by the decline of Spain in the second half of the 17th century, and internal political divisions, combined with a general European economic crisis. Charles died without children in 1700, leading to the 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession.