Claudia Felicitas of Austria
Claudia Felicitas of Austria (* May 30, 1653 in Innsbruck, † April 8, 1676 in Vienna, but also Claudia Felix ) was an Archduchess of Austria and by marriage Roman- German Empress.
Life
Claudia Felicitas was a daughter of Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria - Tyrol (1628-1662) from his marriage to Anna de ' Medici (1616-1676), daughter of Grand Duke Cosimo II of Tuscany. The princess was very musically gifted, she sang and acted as a composer. In addition, Claudia Felicitas was considered excellent and passionate hunter.
On October 15, 1673 in Graz married the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I ( 1640-1705 ). As a residence of the bride Schloss Eggenberg was assigned. Prince Wenzel Eusebius von Lobkowicz, the first minister of Leopold I, had opposed this marriage, but he also had an argument the lack of attractiveness Claudia Felicitas ' out into the field, what the Empress made her the resolute opponent of the princes. Claudia Felicitas it that Lobkowicz lost the imperial favor and Leopold also increasingly distant from his stepmother succeeded.
The only three and a half -year-long marriage was very happy and Claudia Felicitas it should have been ordered to the best Hofwirtschaft. During her first pregnancy in 1674 was published in Vienna a poem which described the intimate relationship of the imperial couple and was drafted in cross shape according to the rules of the Rösselsprung puzzle. It's probably the oldest document of its kind and was very well received. Leopold rewarded the poet for each syllable of the poem with a ducat.
Abuses in government and administration at the court of the Empress were significantly more apparent than her husband. In 1674 she used to draw attention to an opera performance Leopold to the precarious government position. Your musical preferences lay Claudia Felicitas as Empress not expire. On the farm Claudia Felicitas came largely rejected, feared their influence on the emperor.
Empress Claudia Felicitas died at the age of 22 from tuberculosis. Your heart is located in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, her body was buried, at her request, next to her mother in the Dominican Church in Vienna. With Claudia Felicitas went out the Tyrolean side line of the House of Austria. The inheritance fell to her widower Emperor Leopold I, the ruler of Tirol was.
Klaudia Felizitas is the main character in the 1867 historical novel published writer Luise Mühlbach Empress Claudia, Princess of Tyrol.
Progeny
From their marriage, Claudia Felicitas had two daughters:
- Anna Maria Sophie (September 10, 1674 - February 21, 1675 )
- Maria Josefa Clementine (October 11, 1675 - September 11, 1676 )