Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania
Maria Christina of Austria | |
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Maria Anna of Bavaria |
Maria Christina of Austria (10 November 1574 – 6 April 1621), was a
Life
She was the daughter of Archduke
Marriage
On 7 February 1595 was received in Graz the formal petition of marriage between Maria Christina and
Princess consort
The marriage was regarded as a major political gain, as Sigismund, formerly a vassal of the
However, this union proved to be completely unhappy: Sigismund, after a disastrous wedding night, refused to consummate the marriage and sent his wife to a fortress in
Reign
In 18 April 1598, at the request of the local nobility, she was elected to occupy the Transylvanian throne after her husband abdicated. However, her rule was only nominal because Emperor Rudolf II sent representatives to rule. On 20 August 1598, Sigismund Báthory regained the throne and reconciled with his wife, but sent her again to Kővár.
Later life
When Sigismund abdicated for a second time in March 1599, Maria Christina finally left him and returned to Austria in April. On 17 August 1599 Pope Clement VIII dissolved her marriage, and in 1607 she joined to her younger sister Eleanor in the Haller Convent (Haller Damenstift) in Hall in Tirol, where she died in 1621, aged forty-six.
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