Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1835) explained

Archduchess Maria Anna
Birth Date:27 October 1835
Birth Place:Vienna, Austrian Empire
Death Place:Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial Place:Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Father:Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Mother:Princess Sophie of Bavaria

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (27 October 1835 – 5 February 1840) was by birth an Archduchess of Austria and a member of the House of Habsburg. She was the fourth child and only daughter to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Princess Sophie of Bavaria. Maria Anna died in childhood due to epilepsy.

Life

Named in honor of her paternal aunt Maria Anna of Savoy,[1] Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was born on 27 October 1835, in Vienna, Austria. Her father was Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and her mother was Princess Sophie of Bavaria. She was baptized with the names of Maria Anna Karolina Annunziata Johanna Josepha Gabriela Theresa Katharina Margaretha Philomena,[2] although in the family she was called Ännchen.

At birth, she seemed to be robust, however, she soon started to show signs of epilepsy, and had died at the early age of 4 after a violent seizure.[3] She was buried in the Ferdinand Vault at the Imperial Crypt, in Vienna.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria . 2022-06-04 . royal.myorigins.org.
  2. Kais. kön. priv. Bothe von und für Tirol und Vorarlberg, No 50, 22 June 1840, Innsbruck, p. 197.
  3. [Franz Carl Weidmann]