Karolina of Austria

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Maria Anna of Austria in 1837, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber .

Maria Anna Karolina (Pia) of Austria , called Ännchen (born October 27, 1835 in Vienna ; † February 5, 1840 there ) was Archduchess of Austria.

Life

Maria Anna Karolina was the fourth child and the only daughter of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria , Grand Duke of Tuscany , son of the last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and first Emperor of Austria Franz of Austria , and his wife Sophie of Bavaria , daughter of the first King of Bavaria Maximilian I. Joseph and his second wife Karolina von Baden . It belonged to the Habsburg secondary school at the time (which followed after Emperor Ferdinand's childless resignation in 1848). She was named after her aunt Maria Anna Karolina (Pia) , who had become empress in March 1835, her full baptismal name was Maria Anna Karolina Annunziata Johanna Josepha Gabriela Theresa Katharina Magaretha Philomena , she was called Ännchen .

The young princess suffered from epilepsy and died of convulsions around noon on February 5, 1840 at the age of 4. She was buried in the Capuchin Crypt (Ferdinand's Crypt , grave no. 11).

relationship

Her oldest brother was Franz Joseph I (1830–1916), later Emperor of Austria , who married Princess Elisabeth in Bavaria “Sisi” (1837–1898). Her brother Maximilian I (1832–1867) became Emperor of Mexico . The third older brother, Archduke Karl Ludwig (1833-1896) and her younger brother Archduke Ludwig Viktor (1842-1919) were of no political importance.

literature

  • Egon Caesar Conte Corti : From Child to Emperor. The youth of Emperor Franz Josef and his brothers. Volume 1 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. Pustet, 1950.
  • Cölestin Wolfsgruber: The imperial crypt with the Capuchins in Vienna. Verlag Alfred Hölder, 1887, No. 87, p. 307 f. ( E-book on archive.org).

proof

  1. ↑ for example in: Kais. can priv. Bothe from and for Tyrol and Vorarlberg , No 50, June 22, 1840, Innsbruck, S. 1, Sp. 1 ( Google eBook, complete view in an anthology )
  2. ↑ Epilepsy occurred frequently among the descendants of Emperor Leopold II , i.e. the lineage of the Habsburg-Lothringers. Compare to
    Hans Bankl: The sick Habsburg: Findings and sensitivities of a ruling dynasty. Volume 15360 of Goldmanns Taschenbücher , Verlag Goldmann TB, 2005, ISBN 978-344215360-2 .
    Hanna Wuerth: Epilepsy in the 18th and 19th centuries     Century Appearance, treatment, course based on examples from the Habsburg family. Typed Manuscript., Hanover 1992. ( House, court and state archives , entry brochure 631955 (PDF; 9 kB) in the old card catalog of the administrative library, ipac.bka.gv.at ).
  3. ^ Franz Carl Weidmann : Austrian memory calendar. Historical-chronic overview of memorable events concerning the Austrian imperial state from January 1st, 1840 to December 31st, 1845. Vienna, January 1846. In: Austria: Austrian Universal Calendar. Verlag Klang, 1847, XLIII ff. ( Google eBook, full view ).
  4. ↑ Information from Archduchess Maria Anna (1835-1840) , thread in forum.alexanderpalace.org, January 10, 2006 ff, (en).
personal data
SURNAME Karolina of Austria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Austria, Caroline Archduchess of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Princess and Archduchess of Austria, Royal Princess of Hungary, Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1840
Place of death Vienna