Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703)

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Archduchess Maria Josepha
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Born6 March 1687
Vienna
Died14 April 1703 (aged 16)
Vienna
Burial
Imperial Crypt, Vienna (body)
Herzgruft, Vienna (heart)
FatherLeopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherEleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate

Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Colletta Antonia; 6 March 1687 – 14 April 1703), was a daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate.

Biography

Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna she was the fifth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Maria Josepha died of smallpox at the age of sixteen, and was buried in the Imperial Crypt, while her heart was placed in the Herzgruft at the Augustinian Church, Vienna.

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ a b c d Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 100.
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  4. ^ a b Fuchs, Peter (2001), "Philipp Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 384; (full text online)
  5. ^ a b Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London: Little, Brown and Company. table 84.