Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770)

Maria Theresa, Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria ( born March 20, 1762 Vienna, † 23 January 1770 in Vienna) was a daughter of Joseph II and Isabella of Bourbon- Parma. She was the first granddaughter of Empress Maria Theresa. The young Maria Theresia was baptized after her paternal grandmother to the full name Maria Theresia Elisabeth Philippine Luise Johanna Josepha.

Origin and life

Maria Theresa's parents, Crown Prince Joseph II ( the future emperor ) and Princess Isabella of Parma were married in Vienna on October 16, 1760. End of 1761 Isabella became pregnant and on 20 March 1762 gave birth to a daughter, who was christened Maria Theresia Elisabeth and received the status of an Archduchess of Austria immediately. From the maternal side, the little Maria Theresa of Philip V of Spain from the French Bourbon dynasty was descended from the paternal side she could Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband have the Holy Roman Emperor Franz I. Stephan than their grandparents.

The little Archduchess was not yet two years old when her mother fell ill with smallpox with the birth of sister Christina experienced a more dramatic birth on November 22, 1763. The death of the smaller Archduchess on the same day and the consequences of their own disease, Isabella of Parma erschütteten such that they are also cozy moderately broken on 27 November her daughter succeeded to his death. The father was inconsolable and found refuge in the love of his young daughter. Maria Theresa was now an orphan and was at first Maria Theresa's first grandchild. Mary's youngest paternal aunt, Archduchess Marie Antoinette ( Maria Antonia ) was only seven years older than themselves

Early life end

Just a month after their seventh birthday was ill with pneumonia Archduchess Maria Theresa. Her father, then emperor, did everything in his power to save them. However, the medicine was not to save at this time capable of Archduchess Maria Theresa died on January 23, 1770 with a very high fever. Her father was inconsolable. When Maria Theresa died, her father shouted to the sky: "I have ceased to be a father Oh my God, give me back my daughter ... ".

The young Archduchess was the second grandchild of Maria Theresa, which died at a young age. It is said the Empress, she had kept the clothes and shoes of their granddaughter.

Maria Theresa was buried alongside their mother in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna. Your sarcophagus was adjusted greater after Joseph's request and shows the young Archduchess asleep on a bed, flanked by two crowns.