Maria Anna of Austria (1770–1809)

Maria Anna of Austria

Maria Anna of Austria (born April 21, 1770 , † October 1, 1809 in Prague , Bohemia ) was a daughter of the Roman-German Emperor Leopold II and his wife Maria Amalia of Saxony . Maria Anna was the fourth child (second daughter) of the couple.

Life

Maria Anna of Austria remained single and was abbess of the noble fräuleinstift in Prague from 1791 to 1800 . She died in Prague at the age of 39.

ancestors

Pedigree of Maria Anna of Austria
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Karl V. Leopold (1643–1690) ⚭ 1678 Eleanor of Austria (1653–1697)	Philip I of Bourbon (1640–1701) ⚭ 1671 Liselotte of the Palatinate (1652–1722)	Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) ⚭ 1676 Eleonore Magdalene von Pfalz-Neuburg (1655–1720)	Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1671–1735) ⚭ 1690 Christine Luise von Oettingen (1671–1747)	Louis of France (1661–1711) ⚭ 1680 Maria Anna of Bavaria (1660–1690)	Odoardo II. Farnese (1666–1693) ⚭ 1690 Dorothea Sophie von der Pfalz (1670–1748)	King August II (1670–1733) ⚭ 1693 Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671–1727)	Emperor Joseph I (1678–1711) ⚭ 1699 Wilhelmine Amalie von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1673–1742)
Great grandparents	Duke Leopold Joseph of Lorraine (1679–1729) ⚭ 1698 Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676–1744)		Emperor Charles VI. (1685–1740) ⚭ 1708 Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1691–1750)		King Philip V (1683–1746) ⚭ 1714 Elisabetta Farnese (1692–1766)		King August III. (1696–1763) ⚭ 1719 Maria Josepha of Austria (1699–1757)
Grandparents	Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) ⚭ 1736 Maria Theresia (1717–1780)				King Charles III (1716–1788) ⚭ 1738 Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760)
parents	Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) ⚭ 1765 Maria Ludovica of Spain (1745–1792)
Maria Anna of Austria

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Maria Anna (1770–1809) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1861, p. 27 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Leo van de Pas : Marie Anna. Archduchess of Austria. In: genealogics.org. The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, p. 1 , accessed on November 21, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Mutschlechner: "An excellent population". Leopold II and his large family. In: habsburger.net. Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsgesellschaft , p. 3 , accessed on November 23, 2018 : "The daughter Maria Anna (1770–1809) remained unmarried and assumed the dignity of the abbess of the aristocratic convent in Prague."