Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610)

Maria Anna of Austria
Maria Anna of Austria
	Oil on canvas by Joachim von Sandrart, 1643, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Electress consort of Bavaria
Tenure	15 July 1635 – 27 September 1651
Electress Palatine
Tenure	15 July 1635 – 24 October 1648
Born	13 January 1610; Graz, Duchy of Styria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	25 September 1665 (aged 55); Munich, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (m. 1635; died 1651)
Issue	Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria; Duke Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus;
House	Habsburg
Father	Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Anna of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (German: Maria Anna von Habsburg, Erzherzogin von Österreich, also known as Maria Anna von Bayern or Maria-Anna, Kurfürstin von Bayern; 13 January 1610 – 25 September 1665), was a German regent, Electress of Bavaria by marriage to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and co-regent of the Electorate of Bavaria during the minority of her son Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria from 1651 to 1654.

^ She wears the famous pearl necklaces from the Munich Treasury; the large diamond pendant in her hair was already in possession of the first wife of Maximilian I.