Archduchess_Maria_Josepha_of_Austria_(1687–1703)
Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703)
Archduchess of Austria
Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Colletta Antonia; 6 March 1687 – 14 April 1703) was the penultimate child of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife, Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
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| Maria Josepha of Austria | |
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| Archduchess of Austria | |
 Engraving of Maria Josepha in 1703 | |
| Born | 6 March 1687 Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 14 April 1703 (aged 16) Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
| Burial | |
| Father | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate |
Born at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, she was the fifth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore Magdalene of Palatinate-Neuburg. Two of her siblings became Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph and Charles, and her elder sister, Maria Anna, became the Queen of Portugal, while her other sisters Maria Elisabeth and Maria Magdalena became Governors of the Austrian Netherlands and County of Tyrol respectively.
On 14 April 1703, 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 of Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703) |
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- Fuchs, Peter (2001), "Philipp Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 384; (full text online)
- Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London: Little, Brown and Company. table 84.
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