Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1684–1696)

For other people named Maria Theresa of Austria, see Maria Theresa of Austria (disambiguation).

Maria Theresa of Austria (22 August 1684 – 28 September 1696) was a daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate.

Archduchess Maria Theresa
Born	22 August 1684 Hofburg Palace, Vienna
Died	28 September 1696 (aged 12) Palais Ebersdorf, Vienna
Burial	Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Father	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate

Maria Theresa's sarcophagus in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna, Austria

She was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, the fourth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate. Maria Theresa died of smallpox at the age of twelve, at the Palais Ebersdorf in Vienna. She is buried in the Imperial Crypt.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1684–1696)

8. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor^[2] 4. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor^[1] 9. Maria Anna of Bavaria^[2] 2. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 10. Philip III of Spain^[3] 5. Maria Anna of Austria^[1] 11. Margaret of Austria^[3] 1. Maria Theresa of Austria 12. Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg^[4] 6. Philip William, Elector Palatine^[1] 13. Magdalene of Bavaria^[4] 3. Eleonore Magdalena of the Palatinate 14. George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt^[5] 7. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt^[1] 15. Sophia Eleonore of Saxony^[5]

References

1. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 100.
2. Eder, Karl (1961), "Ferdinand III.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 85–86; (full text online)
3. Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Anna von Spanien" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 23 – via Wikisource.
4. Fuchs, Peter (2001), "Philipp Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 384; (full text online)
5. Louda, Jirí; MacLagan, Michael (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.). London: Little, Brown and Company. table 84.