 Accounts of French court life of her era emphasize her difficult marital relations with her husband, her closeness to her son Louis XIV, and her disapproval of her son's marital infidelity to her niece and daughter-in-law Maria Theresa.Born at the Palace of the Counts of Benavente in Valladolid, Spain, and baptised "Ana María Mauricia", she was the eldest daughter of King Philip III of Spain and his wife Margaret of Austria.She held the titles of Infanta of Spain and of Portugal (since her father was king of Portugal as well as Spain) and Archduchess of Austria.