Supergirl: Curse of the Ancients: (Supergirl Book 2)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Mary I of England, Margaret of York, Joanna of Castile, List of Consorts of Luxembourg, Mariana of Austria, Marie Louise D'orléans, Maria Luisa of Spain, Isabella of Portugal, Maria Anna of the Palatinate-Neuburg, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Anna of Austria, Elisabeth of France, Isabella of Portugal, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Elisabeth of Valois, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, Joanna of Bavaria. Excerpt: Anna of Austria Anna of Austria (Cigales, Valladolid , 1 November 1549 Badajoz , 26 October 1580), was Queen consort of Spain and Portugal. She was the first daughter of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria of Spain . She was born in Spain, but lived in Vienna from the age of four. Family Anna's maternal grandparents were Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Isabella of Portugal , her paternal grandparents were Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and Anna of Bohemia and Hungary , Charles and Ferdinand's mother was Joanna of Castile , Joanna was the daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile . She was born in Spain, but lived in Vienna from the age of four. She had many other siblings; some became Holy Roman emperors and among her sisters was Elisabeth of Austria who became the Queen of France . Biography Arms of Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain. Anna was considered the favorite child of her father. The story goes that he enjoyed playing and gambling with her even once a meeting of the State of Hungary was postponed because Anna was sick. Anna received a Catholic education, even though her father was sympathetic to Lutheranism. Her many brothers, included the later emperors Rudolph II and Matthias , also Archduke Albert of Austria , were partially educated at the Spanish-Hapsburg court. ...