Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703)

For the later archduchess, see Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria.

Maria Josepha 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	Imperial Crypt, Vienna (body) Herzgruft, Vienna (heart)
Father	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Eleonore 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, Princess Eleonore Magdalene of Pfalz-Neuburg.

Biography

Born at the Hofburg palace in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, as a member of the reigning House of Habsburg, she was the fifth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife, Princesss Eleonore Magdalene of Pfalz-Neuburg.

Two of her siblings became Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph I and Charles VI, 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.

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

Ancestors of Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703)

8. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor[2] 4. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor[1] 9. Maria Anna of Bavaria[2] 2. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 10. Philip III of Spain[3] 5. Maria Anna of Austria[1] 11. Margaret of Austria[3] 1. Maria Josepha of Austria 12. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg[4] 6. Philip William, Elector Palatine[1] 13. Magdalene of Bavaria[4] 3. Eleonore Magdalena of the Palatinate 14. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt[5] 7. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt[1] 15. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony[5]

References

1. 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.
2. Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand III.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 85–86; (full text online)
3. Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Anna von Spanien" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
4. Fuchs, Peter (2001), "Philipp Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 384; (full text online)
5. Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London: Little, Brown and Company. table 84.

• Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Josepha" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 49 – via Wikisource.