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Margaret Theresa of Spain
(Spanish:
Margarita Teresa
, German:
Margarete Theresia
; 12 July 1651 ? 12 March 1673), was by marriage,
Holy Roman Empress
, Queen of Germany,
Archduchess
of
Austria
and Queen of
Hungary
and
Bohemia
.
She was the daughter of King
Felipe IV of Spain
and the older full-sister of
King Carlos II of Spain
, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. She is the central figure in the famous
Las Meninas
by
Diego Velazquez
. She was the subject of many of his later paintings.
She was also a half-sister of
Maria Theresa of Austria
(the wife of
Louis XIV of France
) In
Austria
she was known as
Margarete Theresia
.
She is her father's favourite child. He called her "my joy" . She was an Archduchess of Austria by birth as well as by marriage and an
Infanta of Spain
. She was Margarita Teresa of Austria, but not "of Spain" due to being a member of the
House of Habsburg
.
She married her uncle,
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
an on 5 December 1666, the solemn entry of the Infanta in
Vienna
took place and the official marriage ceremony was celebrated seven days later, on 12 December. Throughout their marriage Margarita Teresa called her husband uncle.