When the King died, Queen Mariana became regent of their infant son Charles who was 4 years old.

Through his mother, he was a first cousin of Queen Mariana of Austria as well as the Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.

In 1667 Spain formally claimed them, and named them after Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria.

Queen Mariana of Austria became regent for her son Charles II, who was 3 at the time of his father's death.

Veláquez,Queen Mariana, 1652, oil on canvas, 231 x 131 cms.

Alberto Gironella,Perro devorando a la Reina Mariana (Dog devouring Queen Mariana), 1963, painting/object.

Only the intervention of Queen Mariana and Maria Francisca, heiress to the throne, saved most of them.

The islands were named after Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria in the 17th century, when Spain started the colonization of the archipelago.

In contrast, in "Queen Mariana" Velázquez shows Philip's consort in full royal finery.

He did dozens of versions of Velásquez's Queen Mariana from 1652.