Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (27 October 1835 – 5 February 1840) was by birth an

Archduchess of Austria The Archduchy of Austria (; ) was a major Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, principality of the Holy Roman Empire and the nucleus of the Habsburg monarchy. With its capital at Vienna, the archduchy was centered at the Empire's southeastern periph ...

and a member of the

House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg (; ), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most powerful Dynasty, dynasties in the history of Europe and Western civilization. They were best known for their inbreeding and for ruling vast realms throughout ...

. She was the fourth child and only daughter of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and Princess Sophie of Bavaria. Maria Anna died in childhood due to

epilepsy Epilepsy is a group of Non-communicable disease, non-communicable Neurological disorder, neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent, unprovoked Seizure, seizures. A seizure is a sudden burst of abnormal electrical activit ...

Life

Named in honor of her paternal aunt Maria Anna of Savoy, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was born on 27 October 1835, in

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, Austria. Her father was Archduke Franz Karl of Austria and her mother was Princess Sophie of Bavaria. She was baptized with the names of ''Maria Anna Karolina Annunziata Johanna Josepha Gabriela Theresa Katharina Margaretha Philomena'',''Kais. kön. priv. Bothe von und für Tirol und Vorarlberg'', No 50, 22 June 1840, Innsbruck, p. 197. although in the family she was called ''Ännchen''. At birth, she seemed to be robust, however, she soon started to show signs of

, and had died at the early age of 4 after a violent seizure. Franz Carl Weidmann: ''Oesterreichischer Erinnerungs-Kalender. Historisch-chronistischer Ueberblick denkwürdiger, den österreichischen Kaiserstaat betreffender Ereignisse vom 1. Jänner 1840 bis 31. December 1845.'' Vienna, January 1846. In: ''Austria: österreichischer Universal-Kalender.'' ed. Klang 1847, vol. XLIII ff. She was buried in the Ferdinand Vault at the

Imperial Crypt The Imperial Crypt (), also called the Capuchin Crypt (''Kapuzinergruft''), is a burial chamber beneath the Capuchin Church and monastery in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1618 and dedicated in 1632, and located on the Neuer Markt square of ...

, in Vienna.

Ancestry

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Bibliography

* Egon Caesar Conte Corti: ''Vom Kind zum Kaiser. Die Jugend Kaiser Franz Josefs und seiner Brüder.'' Band 1 von ''Kaiser Franz Joseph I.'' Pustet, 1950. * Cölestin Wolfsgruber: ''Die Kaisergruft bei den Kapuzinern in Wien.'' ed. Alfred Hölder, 1887, N°. 87, p. 307 ff
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* Constantin von Wurzbach
''Habsburg, Franz Karl Joseph''
in: '' Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich'', vol. 6. Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1861, p. 35
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