Margaret Theresa of Spain

Margaret Theresa of Spain
Portrait from unknown artist, c. 1662–1664, currently displayed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Holy Roman Empress (more...)
Tenure	25 April 1666 – 12 March 1673
Born	12 July 1651 Royal Alcazar, Madrid, Crown of Castile
Died	12 March 1673(1673-03-12) (aged 21) Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial	Imperial Crypt
Spouse	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor ​ ​ (m. 1666)​
Issue Detail	Maria Antonia, Electress of Bavaria
House	Habsburg
Father	Philip IV of Spain
Mother	Mariana of Austria

Margaret Theresa of Spain (Spanish: Margarita Teresa, German: Margarete Theresia; 12 July 1651 – 12 March 1673) was, by marriage to Leopold I, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the elder full-sister of Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. She is the central figure in the famous Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, and the subject of many of his later paintings.