Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Maria of Austria, also known as Isabel, was the empress consort and queen consort of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary. She served as regent of Spain in the absence of her father Emperor Charles V from 1548 until 1551 and was one of the most powerful empresses of the Holy Roman Empire.

21 June 1528

Born on the same birth day (21 June): Aleksandr Tvardovsky • Augustus Pablo • Frans de Cort • Gérard Pelletier • Kōichi Mashimo • Norman L. Bowen • Pope Leo IX

Born in the same month (June 1528): Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg