Editing Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (section)

===Early life and family===
Matthias was born in the [[Archduchy of Austria|Austrian]] capital of [[Vienna]] as the fourth son of [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor]] and of [[Maria of Spain]]. His brothers were [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf]] (who became Emperor Rudolf II), [[Archduke Ernest of Austria|Ernest]], [[Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria|Maximilian]] (from 1585 Grand Master of the [[Teutonic Order]]), [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Albert]] (archbishop of Toledo, later governor of the Netherlands), and [[Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria|Wenceslaus]] (Grand Prior of the [[Order of Malta]] in [[Crown of Castile|Castile]]). He also had six sisters. His sister [[Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain|Anna]] was married to King [[Philip II of Spain]] and his sister [[Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France|Elisabeth]] to King [[Charles IX of France]].<ref name="max">{{Cite web |title=Maximilian II |url=https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0001/bsb00016334/images/index.html?id=00016334&groesser=&fip=193.174.98.30&no=&seite=492 |publisher=Neue deutsche Biographie |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="Duerloo2012">{{Cite book |last=Duerloo |first=Luc  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u7lFeRMDb2QC |title=Dynasty and Piety: Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-7546-6904-3}}</ref> Almost nothing is known about his upbringing. One of his teachers was the writer and historian [[Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq]].<ref name="Forster2005">{{Cite book |last=Forster |first=Edward Seymour |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AnynLQ_cgjYC |title=The Turkish Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq |date=1 June 2005 |publisher=LSU Press |isbn=978-0-8071-3071-1}}</ref> Upon Maximilian II's death, the family's estates and property were all inherited by Rudolf, the eldest son. The other sons, including Matthias, were compensated with cash pensions and appointments to church or state positions. Matthias married Archduchess [[Anna of Austria, Empress Matthias|Anna of Austria]], daughter of his uncle Archduke [[Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria|Ferdinand II of Austria]] and became his heir in [[Further Austria]] in 1595. The marriage did not produce surviving children.