Maria Josepha of Austria
Archduchess of Austria
Engraving of Maria Josepha in 1703
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 the penultimate child of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate.

Biography

Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, she was the fifth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonor Magdalene of 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 Tyrol respectively.

Death

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

References

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