Maria Amalia of Austria (1724-1730)
Maria Amalia von Habsburg (born April 5, 1724 in Vienna ; † April 19, 1730 there ) was an Archduchess of Austria . She was a daughter of Emperor Charles VI. and by Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . Her older sister was Maria Theresia .
Life
Maria Amalia was the youngest child of her parents and her birth, like that of her sister Maria Anna , was not well received by her father, who had wanted a son and heir. Karl had already issued the pragmatic sanction in 1713, and now his daughters were also entitled to inherit. In 1740, after the death of Charles, his eldest daughter Maria Theresa was the first to claim this privilege. But Maria Amalia did not experience this anymore; she died in 1730 at the age of only 6. She was the last member of the Austrian Habsburgs . However, since Maria Theresa was not allowed to ascend the imperial throne as a woman, Karl Albrecht of Bavaria succeeded Charles VI in 1742 . elected. Maria Theresa's husband Franz Stephan von Lothringen founded the Habsburg-Lothringen dynasty .
literature
- Sabine Weiss: Born to rule - childhood and youth in the House of Habsburg , Tyrolia Publishing House , Innsbruck 2008, p. 241
- Bernd Rill: Charles VI. - Habsburg as a baroque great power , Verlag Styria, Graz 1992, p. 192
- Gerda and Gottfried Mraz: Maria Theresia - Your life and your time , Süddeutscher Verlag Munich 1979, p. 27
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| SURNAME | Maria Amalia of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Habsburg, Maria Amalia from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archduchess of Austria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1724 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1730 |
| Place of death | Vienna |