Maria Anna of Neuburg (Marie Anna Karoline; 30 January 1693 – 12 September 1751) was a daughter of Anna Maria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany's first marriage to Philip William August of Neuburg. She married Duke Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria on 5 February 1719 in Reichstadt, Bohemia, a younger son of Elector Maximilian II of Bavaria.
She was still an infant when her father and older sister, Leopoldina, died within a month of one another in 1693. Her mother, a wealthy widow, was married for a second time, against her wishes, on 2 July 1697 in Düsseldorf to Prince Gian Gastone de' Medici, a younger son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to whom she brought the prospect of inheriting substantial lands in Bohemia. Rather than dwelling in her father-in-law's capital, Florence, the couple initially took up residence at his wife's Bohemian domain, the castle of Ploskovice near Reichstadt. In less than a year Gian Gastone left his wife for Prague, thence resuming residence in Florence, and the couple never again cohabited.
Maria wed Duke Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria, who became an Imperial general, on 5 February 1719 in Reichstadt, Bohemia. Of their three sons, all of whom bore the title Duke of Bavaria, none married. In 1723 Maria's stepfather became Grand Duke Gian Gastone of Tuscany, succeeding his elder brother, and her mother became Grand Duchess of Tuscany, although she never set foot in her husband's realm. Maria Anna's husband died in 1738. She herself died in 1751 aged 58.
Ancestors
Ancestors of Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16. Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg | | | | | | | | | 8. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17. Anna of Cleves | | | | | | | | | 4. Philip William, Elector Palatine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18. William V, Duke of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | 9. Magdalene of Bavaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19. Renata of Lorraine | | | | | | | | | 2. Count Palatine Philip William August of Neuburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20. Louis V, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | 10. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21. Magdalene of Brandenburg | | | | | | | | | 5. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22. John George I, Elector of Saxony | | | | | | | | | 11. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23. Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia | | | | | | | | | 1. Maria Anna of Neuburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24. Francis II of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | 12. Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25. Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | | | | | | | | | 6. Duke Julius Francis of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. Wilhelm Lobkowicz, Lord of Bilin | | | | | | | | | 13. Anna Magdalene, Lady of Lobkowicz | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27. Benigna Katharina Lobkowicz | | | | | | | | | 3. Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28. Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach | | | | | | | | | 14. Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29. Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | | | | | | | | | 7. Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30. John VII, Count of Nassau | | | | | | | | | 15. Countess Amalie of Nassau | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31. Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön | | | | | | | |
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