Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703)

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Archduchess Maria Josepha
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Born6 March 1687
Vienna
Died14 April 1703 (aged 16)
Vienna
Burial
Imperial Crypt, Vienna (body)
Herzgruft, Vienna (heart)
FatherLeopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherEleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate

Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Colletta Antonia; 6 March 1687 – 14 April 1703), was a daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate.

Biography[]

Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna she was the fifth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Maria Josepha died of smallpox at the age of sixteen, and was buried in the Imperial Crypt, while her heart was placed in the Herzgruft at the Augustinian Church, Vienna.

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