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Leopold I, detail of a portrait bust, c. 1700; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Margarita Teresa was the daughter of Philip IV, the king of Spain, and his second wife, Maria Anna. She is widely recognized as the central figure in the famous painting Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez. Before their marriage, she was betrothed to Leopold I, who would later become the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, and several portraits of her were sent to him during this time.1