Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743–1808)
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born August 13, 1743 in Vienna , † September 22, 1808 in Linz ) was a daughter of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and later Emperor Franz Stephan of Lorraine and the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia Maria Theresa of Austria .
"Coquette of Beauty"
Maria Elisabeth Josepha Johanna Antonia was the sixth child and fifth daughter of her parents. She was considered beautiful but fickle and uninterested. Maria Theresa called her “a coquette of beauty”. Her chief stewardess was Christine-Philippine de Herzelles from 1761–1763 , to whom her brother Joseph II later entrusted the upbringing of his only child, Maria Theresa . It was hoped that an important political marriage could be arranged for her. A connection with King Stanislaus II. August of Poland is said to have failed due to the objection of Empress Catherine II of Russia , one with the widowed King Louis XV. of France from smallpox , which defaced the 24-year-old in 1767.
"Goiter Liesl"
When Maria Theresa died in 1780, Maria Elisabeth, like her sisters Maria Anna and Maria Christine, had to leave Vienna because Joseph II wanted to end the “women’s economy” at court. She became abbess of the aristocratic women's monastery in Innsbruck , which Maria Theresa founded after the death of Emperor Franz I in 1765, so that there would be prayers for the salvation of her husband's soul. Maria Elisabeth was feared in Tyrol because of her sharp tongue. Since the smallpox scars are accompanied by a strong corpulence and a triple goiter , the vernacular called them "Kropferte Liesl". In 1805 she fled from Napoleon's troops to Vienna and then to Linz , where she spent the last years of her life and is buried in the crypt of the Jesuit Church ( Old Cathedral ).
ancestors
Pedigree of Maria Elisabeth of Austria | ||||||||
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Great-great-grandparents |
Nikolaus Franz von Vaudémont (1609–1670) |
Emperor |
King |
Elector |
Emperor |
Elector |
Prince |
Albrecht Ernst I. zu Oettingen (1642–1683) |
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 Elisabeth of Austria |
literature
- Brigitte Hamann (ed.): The Habsburgs: A biographical lexicon. 2., corr. Ed., Vienna 1988, p. 320 f.
- Ellinor Langer: The history of the noble women's monastery in Innsbruck. Innsbruck 1950.
- Charlotte Pangels: The children of Maria Theresa: life and fate in imperial splendor. 2nd edition, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-7667-0695-0 , pp. 223-270.
- Friedrich Weissensteiner : The daughters of Maria Theresa. Kremayer & Scheriau 1991, ISBN 3-218-00591-4 .
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Maria Elisabeth Josepha . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1861, p. 48 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Family tree of the Habsburgs
- ↑ Helga Peham: Leopold II. Ruler with a wise hand. Styria, Graz 1987, ISBN 3-222-11738-1 , p. 55.
- ↑ Brigitte Hamann (ed.): The Habsburgs: A biographical lexicon. Vienna 1988, p. 320 f.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Maria Elisabeth of Austria |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Elisabeth Josepha Archduchess of Austria; cropped Liesl (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Abbess in Innsbruck |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1743 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1808 |
Place of death | Linz |