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Parents Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor Grandparents Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary Uncles Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Charles II, Archduke of Austria Cousins Ferdinand II - Holy Roman E, Margaret of Austria - Queen of, Constance of Austria, Leopold V - Archduke of Austria, Anna of Tyrol Similar People Maximilian II - Holy Roman E, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Maria of Austria - Holy Rom, Albert VII - Archduke of Austria, Anna of Austria - Queen of | ||
Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria (9 March 1561 – 22 September 1578), was a German prince and member of the House of Habsburg and since 1577 Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in Castile.
He was the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor by his wife Maria of Spain.
Life
Born in Wiener Neustadt, Wenceslaus was the eleventh child and eighth son of his parents' sixteen children, from whom nine survived early infancy. He grew up mostly in the Spanish court of Philip II with several of his siblings. In 1577 Wenceslaus was appointed Grand Prior of the Order of Malta in Castile, but died suddenly one year later in Madrid, aged seventeen. He was buried in the Panteon de los Infantes in the Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
References
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