Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (1740–1741)
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Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (full name: Maria Carolina Ernestina Antonia Johanna Josepha; 12 January 1740 – 25 January 1741) was the third child and daughter of Maria Theresa
, later Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Duke Francis of Lorraine, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
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in Vienna. Her birth was a disappointment because everyone was hoping for this third pregnancy the needed male heir to ther Habsubrg realms. The child is baptized the same day of her birth. Eight months later, on 20 October 1740, her grandfather Emperor Charles VI died, and her mother inherited the Austrian and Bohemian lands, and with this began the War of the Austrian Succession
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The Archduchess suddenly became gravely ill on 24 January 1741 and died the next day. It appears she died of smallpox; however, the autopsy of the girl couldn't establish the exact cause of her death. She was buried in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
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Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma...
, later Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Duke Francis of Lorraine, later Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real power of those positions. With his wife, Maria Theresa, he was the founder of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty...
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Life
Maria Carolina was born on 5 February 1737 at Schönbrunn PalaceSchönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace is a former imperial 1,441-room Rococo summer residence in Vienna, Austria. One of the most important cultural monuments in the country, since the 1960s it has been one of the major tourist attractions in Vienna...
in Vienna. Her birth was a disappointment because everyone was hoping for this third pregnancy the needed male heir to ther Habsubrg realms. The child is baptized the same day of her birth. Eight months later, on 20 October 1740, her grandfather Emperor Charles VI died, and her mother inherited the Austrian and Bohemian lands, and with this began the War of the Austrian Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession – including King George's War in North America, the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear, and two of the three Silesian wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg.The...
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The Archduchess suddenly became gravely ill on 24 January 1741 and died the next day. It appears she died of smallpox; however, the autopsy of the girl couldn't establish the exact cause of her death. She was buried in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
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