Maria Karolina of Austria (1748–1748)
Archduchess Maria Karolina of Austria (born September 17, 1748 at Schönbrunn Palace , † September 17, 1748 at Schönbrunn Palace) was Archduchess of Austria , Princess of Hungary , Bohemia and Tuscany . She was the tenth child and the seventh daughter of Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor Franz I. Stephan .
Life
As with the other nine pregnancies, Maria Theresa did not let herself be deterred from her imperial duties with the tenth. But this time, she admitted that it was getting harder and harder for her, given the circumstances she was in:
“(...) if God wants to keep the children I have for me, I would be quite happy to end at ten; because I feel that it weakens me and makes me age quite a bit and makes little capable of any mental work. "
On September 16, 1748 - one day before the birth - the Empress went from Schönbrunn to the Hofburg in the morning to publicly bid farewell to the Turkish envoy. Then she returned to Schönbrunn with the emperor and his brother Karl , visited the empress mother in Hetzendorf in the afternoon and went to the theater for an Italian opera in the early evening . September 17, 1748 was a Tuesday. Until the birth in the evening between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., the day went as usual according to plan: in the morning service in the Schönbrunn Palace Chapel , followed by conferences.
The birth of the little Archduchess finally began quite normally. However, there was horror when the girl was born feet first. Since it looked particularly weak, the midwife initiated the immediate emergency baptism . Maria Theresa was tormented by the thought that her little girl had not been baptized in time for her death. Emperor Franz Stephan tried to reassure his wife and to convince them that the emergency baptism was done on time.
The dead child was then laid out in the rooms in Schönbrunn that were intended for her. On September 18, the little body was brought to the Hofburg. In the evening, Maria Karolina's funeral took place in the Capuchin Church.
In honor of her older sister, Maria Karolina , who died at an early age , she was given the name Maria Karolina .
The princess was buried as the third member of the House of Habsburg or Habsburg-Lothringen in the Maria-Theresien-Crypt , part of the Capuchin Crypt.
siblings
Maria Karolina had 15 siblings, two of whom, like her, died at an early age. Three other siblings died of smallpox in adolescence. Her best known older siblings were: Joseph II ; Maria Christina ; Maria Amalia and Leopold II .
Her best-known younger siblings were: Maria Karolina ; Ferdinand Karl Anton ; Maria Antonia (later Marie Antoinette ) and Maximilian Franz .
Pedigree
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| Great grandparents |
Duke Karl V. Leopold (1643–1690) |
Philip I of Bourbon (1640–1701) |
Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) |
Duke Ludwig Rudolf of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1671–1735) |
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| Grandparents |
Duke Leopold Joseph of Lorraine (1679–1729) |
Emperor Charles VI. (1685–1740) |
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| parents |
Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) |
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Maria Karolina of Austria |
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literature
- Hanne Egghardt : Maria Theresa's children. 16 fates between splendor and misery. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-218-00813-6 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Karolina of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Karolina Archduchess of Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Bohemia and Tuscany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönbrunn Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1748 |
| Place of death | Schönbrunn Castle |