What is Maria Anna of Austria?
{{Infobox royalty |consort=yes | name =Maria Anna of Austria | image =D. Maria Ana de Áustria, Rainha de Portugal - Pompeo Batoni (Palácio Nacional da Ajuda).png | caption =Queen Maria Anna by Pompeo Batoni | succession = Queen consort of Portugal | reign =27 October 1708 – 31 July 1750 | spouse =[[John V of Portugal]] | issue =[[Barbara of Portugal|Maria Barbara, Queen of Spain]]<br>Pedro, Prince of Brazil <br> [[Joseph I of Portugal|José I of Portugal]] <br> [[Peter III of Portugal]] | full name =Maria Anna Josepha | royal house =[[House of Braganza|Braganza]]<br>[[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]] | father =[[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]] | mother =[[Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg]] |birth_date={{Birth date|1683|9|7|df=y}} | birth_place=Linz, Germany | death_date ={{Death date and age|1754|8|14|1683|9|7|df=y}} | death_place =Ribeira Palace, [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] |}} '''Maria Anna of Austria''' (Maria Anna Josepha; 7 September 1683 – 14 August 1754) was an [[Archduke|Archduchess of Austria]] as she was a daughter of [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. She would become [[List of Portuguese queens|Queen consort]] and [[regent]] of [[Portugal]] by her marriage to [[John V of Portugal]]. She was the Regent of Portugal from 1742 until 1750 during the illness of her spouse. In Portugal she was commonly known as ''Mariana''. ==Life== The fifth of [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]]s children by [[Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg]], she was baptised ''Maria Anna Josepha''. She was born in Linz as the Austrian royal family had to flee Vienna from the Turkish army which destroyed the capital. Maria Anna was a sister of two future Holy Roman Emperors [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph I]] and [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]]. Through Charles VI, she was an aunt of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Empress Maria Theresa]]. Her first cousins included [[Elisabetta Farnese]] as well as [[Charles II of Spain]]. ==Marriage== On 27 October 1708 she