| 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 |
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| 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, Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg.
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Biography
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.
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
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand III.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 85–86; (full text online)
- ^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Fuchs, Peter (2001), "Philipp Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 384; (full text online)
- ^ 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.
- Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 49 – via Wikisource.
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