Kurš apprecējās ar Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor?

Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657) was Archduke of Austria, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1625, King of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.

Ferdinand ascended the throne at the beginning of the last decade of the Thirty Years' War and introduced lenient policies to depart from the old ideas of divine right held by his father, as he wished to end the war quickly. After military defeats and against a background of declining power, Ferdinand was compelled to abandon the political stances of his Habsburg predecessors in many respects to open the long road towards the much-delayed Peace of Westphalia. Although his authority as emperor was weakened after the war, his position in Bohemia, Hungary and Austria was stronger than that of his predecessors before 1618.

Ferdinand was the first Habsburg monarch to be recognised as a musical composer.

Spānijas Marija Anna (spāņu: María Ana de Austria y Austria-Estiria, vācu: Maria Anna von Spanien; dzimusi 1606. gada 18. augustā, mirusi 1646. gada 13. maijā) bija Spānijas infante, pēc laulībām ar Ferdinandu III — Svētās Romas impērijas ķeizariene, Ungārijas un Bohēmijas karaliene. Spānijas karaļa Felipes III un karalienes Austrijas Margaretes jaunākā meita.

Iesākumā Anglijas karalis Džeimss I Stjuarts nolūkoja Mariju Annu kā līgavu savam dēlam Čārlzam I, tomēr, kaut arī Čārlzs I personīgi bija ieradies Spānijā, laulību darījums izjuka. Marija Anna 1631. gada 20. februārī salaulājās ar nākamo ķeizaru Ferdinandu III. Trīsdesmitgadu kara dēļ ļoti bīstamo ceļu no Spānijas uz Austriju viņa veica 14 mēnešos.

Mirusi 6. bērna dzemdībās.

Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Tyrol (6 April 1632 – 7 August 1649) was by birth Archduchess of Austria and member of the Tyrolese branch of the House of Habsburg and by marriage the second spouse of her first cousin, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. As such, she was Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, German queen and queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia. She died in childbirth, aged 17.

Eleonora Gonzaga (18 November 1630 – 6 December 1686) was by birth Princess of Mantua, Nevers and Rethel from the Nevers branch of the House of Gonzaga and was Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand III.

Nicknamed the Younger (de: Jüngere) to distinguish herself from her namesake grandaunt, she was considered one of the most educated and virtuous women of her time. Fascinated by religious poetry, she founded a literary academy and was also a patron of musical theater. As Holy Roman Empress, she promoted the development of cultural and spiritual life at the Imperial court in Vienna, and despite being a staunch Catholic and benefactress of several monasteries, she had a tolerant attitude towards Protestantism.

She established two female orders: the Order of Virtuosity (1662) and the Order of the Starry Cross (1668).