Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (27 October 1835 – 5 February 1840) was by birth an

Archduchess of Austria The Archduchy of Austria (german: Erzherzogtum Österreich) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire and the nucleus of the Habsburg monarchy. With its capital at Vienna, the archduchy was centered at the Empire's southeastern peripher ...

, and henceforth a member of the

House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...

. She was the fourth child and only daughter to

Archduke Franz Karl of Austria Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (17 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the father of two emperors: Franz Joseph I of Austria and Maximilian I of Mexico. Through his third son Karl Lu ...

and

Princess Sophie of Bavaria Princess Sophie of Bavaria (Sophie Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine; 27 January 1805 – 28 May 1872) was the daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and his second wife Caroline of Baden. The identical twin sister of Queen Maria Anna of S ...

. Maria Anna died in childhood due to

epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. Epileptic seizures can vary from brief and nearly undetectable periods to long periods of vigorous shaking due to abnormal electrical ...

Life

Named in honor of her paternal aunt

Maria Anna of Savoy Maria Anna of Savoy ( it, Maria Anna Ricciarda Carolina Margherita Pia; 19 September 1803 – 4 May 1884) was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (see Grand title of the Empress of Austria) by marriage to Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. Biogra ...

, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was born on 27 October 1835, in

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, Austria. Her father was

and her mother was

. She was baptized with the names of ''Maria Anna Karolina Annunziata Johanna Josepha Gabriela Theresa Katharina Margaretha Philomena'',''Kais. kön. priv. Bothe von und für Tirol und Vorarlberg'', No 50, 22 June 1840, Innsbruck, p. 197. although in the family she was called ''Ännchen''. At birth, she seemed to be robust, however, she soon started to show signs of

, and had died at the early age of 4 after a violent seizure.

Franz Carl Weidmann Franz Carl Weidmann (1787 or 1788 – 28 January 1867) was an Austrian writer, actor and journalist. Life and work Born in Vienna, Weidmann was the son of the actor and writer Joseph Weidmann (1742–1810) and nephew of the playwright Paul W ...

: ''Oesterreichischer Erinnerungs-Kalender. Historisch-chronistischer Ueberblick denkwürdiger, den österreichischen Kaiserstaat betreffender Ereignisse vom 1. Jänner 1840 bis 31. December 1845.'' Vienna, January 1846. In: ''Austria: österreichischer Universal-Kalender.'' ed. Klang 1847, vol. XLIII ff. She was buried in the Ferdinand Vault at the

Imperial Crypt The Imperial Crypt (german: Kaisergruft), also called the Capuchin Crypt (''Kapuzinergruft''), is a burial chamber beneath the Capuchin Church and monastery in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1618 and dedicated in 1632, and located on the Neu ...

, in Vienna.

Ancestry

Notes

References

Bibliography

* Egon Caesar Conte Corti: ''Vom Kind zum Kaiser. Die Jugend Kaiser Franz Josefs und seiner Brüder.'' Band 1 von ''Kaiser Franz Joseph I.'' Pustet, 1950. * Cölestin Wolfsgruber: ''Die Kaisergruft bei den Kapuzinern in Wien.'' ed. Alfred Hölder, 1887, N°. 87, p. 307 ff
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* Constantin von Wurzbach
''Habsburg, Franz Karl Joseph''
in: ''

Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'' (English, ''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire'') (abbreviated ''Wurzbach'' from the author's surname) is a 60-volume work, edited and published by Constantin von Wurzbach, cont ...

'', vol. 6. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1861, p. 35
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