Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737–1740)
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Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (full name: Maria Elisabeth Amalia Antonia Josepha Gabriele Johanna Agathe; 5 February 1737 – 7 June 1740) was the eldest 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...

, 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 Elisabeth was born on 5 February 1737 at Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn 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. Although at first her birth was a disappointment for the court and people of Vienna, who wanted a male heir, she soon became in the favorite of her parents. She was a lively and lovely child; even the Emperor Charles VI spoke with pleasure of his eldest granddaughter.

On 7 June 1740, the Archduchess was taken to stomach cramps and vomiting. Marie Elisabeth died that day, aged 3, in the arms of her father. 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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