Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1724-1730)

Archduchess Maria Amalia
Archduchess of Austria
Archduchess Maria Amalia by Andreas Møller. The flowers on her dress represent fertility and childbearing expectations in adulthood.
Born	5 April 1724 Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria
Died	19 April 1730 (aged 6) Vienna, Austria
Burial	Imperial Crypt, Vienna, Austria
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick

Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (Vienna, 5 April 1724 – Vienna, 19 April 1730) was an Archduchess of Austria and the younger sister of Empress Maria Theresa. She was the aunt of Queen Marie Antoinette of France, Queen Maria Carolina of Naples, Duchess Maria Amalia of Parma, Duchess Maria Christina of Teschen, Duke Ferdinand and two Holy Roman Emperors, Joseph II and Leopold II.

Biography

Maria Amalia was born at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna. She was the last daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Like her sister, Maria Anna, her birth was not well received by her father. After the death of her elder brother, Archduke Leopold, his sister Maria Theresa, replaced him as heiress presumptive to the Habsburg realms; Charles VI had issued the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 which had placed his nieces behind his own daughters in the line of succession.

She died at 19 April 1730, in Vienna. Maria Amalia was the last member of the Austrian Habsburgs. After the death of her father, who had no male heirs, the imperial crown passed to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, as the husband of Maria Theresa. The Habsburg dynasty of Austria became extinct in the male line with the death of Charles VI, and Maria Theresa and Francis began the dynasty of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Titles and styles

• 5 April 1724 – 19 April 1730 Her Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduchess Maria Amalia

Ancestry

Ancestors of Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1724-1730)

16. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor               8. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor                       17. Maria Anna of Bavaria               4. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor                             18. Philip III of Spain               9. Maria Anna of Spain                       19. Margaret of Austria               2. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor                                   20. Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg               10. Philip William, Elector Palatine                       21. Magdalene of Bavaria               5. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate                             22. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               11. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt                       23. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony               1. Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria                                         24. Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               12. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                       25. Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst               6. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lunenburg                             26. Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg               13. Duchess Elisabeth Juliana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg                       27. Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst               3. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick                                   28. Joachim Ernest, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen               14. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen                       29. Anna Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein               7. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen                             30. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg               15. Duchess Christine Friederike of Württemberg                       31. Anna Katherina of Salm-Kyrburg

Bibliography

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• Penslar, Derek Jonathan: Shylock's children: economics and Jewish identity in modern Europe University of California Press 2001 ISBN 0-520-22590-2
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