Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (17 September 1748 – 17 September 1748) was the ninth child and daughter of Maria Theresa

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...

, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and 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

On 17 September 1748, Empress Maria Theresa gave birth to a daughter. The child shows alarming signs and was decided she must be baptized hurriedly; she was named Maria Carolina, in memory of her older deceseased sister. The little Archduchess died the same day. The Empress was relieved to learn that her child had time to be baptized before dying.

Maria Carolina 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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