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Before his death at age 25 in 1365, Duke Rudolf IV3 had ordered a crypt to be built for his remains in the new cathedral he commissioned, and it has sheltered those remains for over 650 years. He also ordered a cenotaph for himself to be placed upstairs above the crypt, in front of the high altar. That symbolic tomb was later moved to the north choir and his epitaph written in secret symbols was placed on the wall of that choir.
The family of the ruling line of Austrian dukes was buried here after Rudolf IV, but after the dynasty became emperors they were buried in various cities (Vienna was not yet the settled seat of the emperor). After the Imperial Crypt at the Kapuzinerkirche opened in 1633, it became the new dynastic burial place.
The Ducal Crypt (red letters) is one of several burial locations beneath Stephansdom. The bones of over 11,000 persons from cemeteries formerly around the church are stored in the Catacombs.
Embalmers have known since the time of the Ancient Egyptians that it is necessary to remove the internal organs if the rest of the body is to be preserved. The containers with those organs were usually put in the coffin, but when the heir to the Imperial Throne, King Ferdinand IV of the Romans, died in 1654, he specified in his will that the container with his heart be placed in the Augustinerkirche, his body in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche, and the urn with his viscera in the crypt at the Stephansdom. His instructions resulted in the foundation of the Herzgruft at the Augustinerkirche. His younger brother, Emperor Leopold I, pursued a tradition imitating that distribution of remains, and also enlarged the Imperial Crypt to make it large enough for additional future burials. The urns with viscera were thereafter regularly deposited in the Ducal Crypt in the Stephansdom. There are now 33 persons who are each buried in all three places.
By 1754, the small rectangular Ducal Crypt was overcrowded with 12 sarcophagi and 39 urns, so the area was expanded with an oval chamber being added (directly beneath the present location of the Archbishop's Throne) beyond the east end of the rectangular one. New sarcophagi were made for some of the bodies.
In 1956 the crypt was renovated and the were rearranged. The sarcophagi of Duke Rudolf IV3 and his wife4 were placed upon a pedestal and the 62 urns containing organs were moved from the two rows of shelves around the new section to cabinets in the original chamber.
Deposition in the crypt has not always been permanent. Emperor Frederick III lay here for only 20 years after his death, until his magnificent tomb upstairs in the south choir was ready. The body of his brother, Archduke Albert VI, was removed after 300 years.
The old and new chambers of the crypt are adjacent, with a tunnel for daylight at the east (left) end, and stairs descending to the crypt's old chamber from the west.
The greatest influx, other that the regular arrival of visceral urns, came as a result of the Austrian version of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries under Emperor Joseph II in 1782. When the religious institutions holding bodies of some of the members of the dynasty were closed, they needed to be moved. The Imperial Crypt at that time had only half the space it has today, and already held 57 bodies. The emperor ordered that the bodies of two persons114 who had died before the Imperial Crypt opened be brought to the Ducal Crypt instead. Another person, Empress Eleanor,16 would normally have been entitled to space in the Imperial Crypt, but because her husband19 was not buried there either, her body was sent to the Ducal Crypt.
It is probably around this time that the body of Duke Albert VI was removed to make room for others, and that the body15 whose sarcophagus is inscribed with only the year and name of the parents arrived. Identified through other evidence as one-year-old Anna of Lorraine, it is known that her brother Charles V, Duke of Lorraine married Archduchess Eleanora Maria Josepha (1653–1697) (widowed Queen of Poland and daughter of Emperor Ferdinand III)21 in 1678, and that marriage may have some connection with this non-Habsburg being brought here, but the exact reason is unclear.
The last item interred here is the urn with the viscera of Archduke Franz Karl78, father of Emperor Franz Joseph, in 1878.
List of persons buried in the Ducal Cryptedit
In the Original Crypt, the urns and sarcophagi are shown in disarray in this 1739 engraving. The new chamber was added a dozen years later, connecting through the wall to the left. The cross arrangement engraved in the wall was moved to the new chamber.
"the handsome" son of King Albert I, father of Duke Albert II and grandfather of Duke Rudolf IV.3 His remains were moved here in 1782 when the Carthusian monastery he founded at Mauerbach, his original burial place, was closed during the anti-clerical reforms of Emperor Joseph II.
2 Duke Friedrich (1347–1362)
second son of Duke Albert II and the 15-year-old brother of Rudolf IV.3
"the founder", eldest son of Duke Albert II. Rudolf commissioned the present cathedral, and founded the University of Vienna before his death in Milan at age 25. He was originally entombed in S. Giovanni in Concha and later moved to here. The University lays a wreath on his tomb every 12 March to commemorate its founding by him.
second wife of Emperor Ferdinand II.19 Her remains were moved here in 1782 from the Carmelite convent "Siebenbüchnerinnen" in Vienna that she had founded.
Gated niches in the original chamber (outside the entrance to the previous chamber) containing the viscera (intestines) of various members of the Habsburg dynasty.
Daughter of Ferdinand II, Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias18 who was 28 years older than her. She provided in her will of 1617 for the establishment of a crypt for her and her husband in a Capuchin's Church to be built in Vienna, and died only one year later, at age 33 after seven years of a childless marriage and is buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt she founded. Her heart is in urn 1 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche.
Emperor Matthias is the first emperor whose viscera are deposited here. They were brought to the Ducal Crypt from their original resting place over 20 years later, after the testament of emperor-elect King Ferdinand IV of the Romans had set the precedent for honoring these three churches with the remains of the members of the Imperial Family.
Third son of Emperor Maximilian II. Once governor of the Austrian Netherlands, he wrested power over Austria, Hungary and Moravia from his inept brother Emperor Rudolf II in 1608 and inherited the rest in 1612. He died, age 62, only three months after his wife Empress Anna.17 He is buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche and his heart is in urn 2 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche.
Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III.21 He died at age 20. His heart is in urn 4 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche. He established the tradition of burial of different parts in three separate Vienna churches.
Son of Emperor Ferdinand III21 and Empress Maria Leopoldina, who died during his birth. Bishop of Olomouc and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights at age 13 as heir to his uncle, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm.23 The art collection he inherited from Archduke Leopold Wilhelm23 became the foundation of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Died at age 15. He is buried in tomb 116 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
25(Viscera of) Archduke Ferdinand Wenzel Josef (1667–1668) →Family Tree
Infant son of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Margarita Teresa.29 He is buried in tomb 7 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
26(Heart of) Archduke Ferdinand Wenzel Josef.
27(Viscera of) Archduke Johann Leopold (1670) →Family Tree
Infant son of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Margarita Teresa.29 He is buried in tomb 8 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
28(Viscera of) Archduchess Maria Anna Antonie (1672) →Family Tree
Infant daughter of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Margarita Teresa.29 She is buried in tomb 10 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Second wife of Emperor Leopold I.41 Her 22-year-old body, by her own request, is dressed in the habit of a Dominican nun and is entombed beside her mother in the Dominican Church in Vienna. Her heart is in urn 24 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
32(Viscera of) Archduchess Maria Josefa Klementina (1675–1676) →Family Tree
Infant daughter of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Claudia Felicitas.31 Her heart is in a gold and silver urn atop her mother's sarcophagus in the Dominican Church. She is buried in tomb 12 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Second son of Emperor Ferdinand III21 and father of Emperors Joseph I42 and Karl VI.48 He reigned 48 years. He was involved in wars ranging from the defense of western Europe against conquest by the Muslims, to the War of the Spanish Succession to place his second son48 on the Spanish throne when the Spanish branch of the Habsburg dynasty died out in 1700. Leopold died at age 64. His heart is in urn 11 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 37 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Three-years old, eldest daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa.57 She is buried in tomb 48 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
47(Heart of) Archduchess Marie Elisabeth.
48(Viscera of) Emperor Karl VI (1 October 1685 - 20 October 1740) →Family Tree
Third daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa.57 Died at age 1 year. She is buried in tomb 53 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Regent of the Austrian Netherlands. Daughter of Emperor Leopold I.41 Dead at age 61. Her heart is in urn 14 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 38 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche. The container here for her viscera is of an unusual form, being a flat box instead of the more usual pot shape.
The New Chamber, as shown in this 1758 engraving, is substantially how it looks today. The window behind the sarcophagus of Duke Rudolf IV has a long sill sloping to the ground above to provide light. The urns containing viscera have now been moved to the adjoining Original Chamber.
Second son of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa.57 Died of smallpox at age 15. His heart is in urn 18 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 44 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Eighth daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa.57 Died of smallpox at age 12. Her heart is in urn 19 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 45 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Husband of Empress Maria Theresa,57 he died at age 56 after nominally being Emperor for 25 years. His heart is in urn 20 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 55 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
57(Viscera of) Empress Maria Theresa (13 May 1717 - 29 November 1780) Maria Theresa Capuchin Crypt→Family Tree
Eldest surviving descendant of Emperor Karl VI,48→Family Tree her ascension was contested and officially the crown of the Empire went to her husband (1736) Emperor Franz I Stephen.56 but she held Hungary and Bohemia as Queen in her own right. Dying at age 63, her forty years' reign is thought of by the Austrians as the British think of Queen Victoria: the golden years of power, prestige and empire. Her heart is in urn 21 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 56 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
58(Viscera of) Archduchess Louise Elisabeth (Vienna 18 February 1790 - Vienna 24 June 1791) →Family Tree
Third son of Empress Maria Theresia.57→Family Tree Most of his career was spent in Florence, reforming the governance there as Grand Duke of Tuscany, and only his final two years were as Emperor. He died at age 45. His heart is in urn 23 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Originally contracted to marry Empress Maria Theresia's57 second son, Archduke Karl Joseph,54 his early death diverted her instead to the third son, who later became Emperor Leopold II.59 In the course of 21 years, she bore her not-always-faithful husband 16 children, among them Emperor Franz II, and Archduke Karl the victor of Aspern. Grieving for her husband, she outlived him by only two months leaving many small children. Her 46-year-old heart is in urn 24 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 114 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
61(Viscera of) Archduchess Maria Karoline Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Josepha Medarde (Vienna 8 June 1794 - Vienna 16 March 1795) →Family Tree
Fourth son of Emperor Leopold II59 and Empress Maria Ludovika.60 Palatine of Hungary. Died at 23. His heart is in urn 26 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 64 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia.57 Wife of Duke Albert of Teschen.75 The famous and moving monument he erected to her memory is in the Augustinerkirche. She died of Typhus at age 56. Her heart is in urn 28 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 112 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Second wife (1790) at age 18 of Emperor Franz II. Mother of Empress Maria Louise (second wife of Napoleon), Emperor Ferdinand,77 and all subsequent children of her husband. Because her mother73 was a sister of her husband's father59 the couple were first cousins. →Family Tree (ancestors) She died at age 34 of tuberculous pleurisy. Her heart is in urn 35 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 60 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Third wife (1808) at age 20 of 40-year-old cousin Emperor Franz II, she contracted tuberculosis shortly after their wedding, suffering from it for the eight years of marriage before dying at age 28. Her heart is in urn 39 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 58 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Husband of Archduchess Maria Christina.63 The Albertina museum, in his former palace, is named for him because his collection of paintings formed the nucleus of the museum. The oldest of those represented here, he died at age 84. His heart is in urn 40 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 111 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
First son of Emperor Franz II. Severely epileptic, he abdicated after a nominal reign of 12 years and spent the remainder of his 82-year-long life in Prague. His heart is in urn 53 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 62 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
Third son of Emperor Franz II. When his elder brother Emperor Ferdinand77 abdicated in 1848, he stood aside so that his son, Emperor Franz Joseph, could succeed to the throne instead. Great grandfather of the last reigning emperor, Emperor Karl I. Aged 76 when he died, his viscera are the last interred here, and his heart was the last to be placed in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche, where it occupies urn 54. He is buried in tomb 135 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article October 2021 The Ducal Crypt German Herzogsgruft is a burial chamber beneath the chancel of Stephansdom in Vienna Austria It holds 78 containers with the bodies hearts or viscera of 72 members of the House of Habsburg Stephansdom in Vienna Austria which houses the Ducal CryptDucal Crypt Contents 1 History 2 List of persons buried in the Ducal Crypt 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editBefore his death at age 25 in 1365 Duke Rudolf IV3 had ordered a crypt to be built for his remains in the new cathedral he commissioned and it has sheltered those remains for over 650 years He also ordered a cenotaph for himself to be placed upstairs above the crypt in front of the high altar That symbolic tomb was later moved to the north choir and his epitaph written in secret symbols was placed on the wall of that choir The family of the ruling line of Austrian dukes was buried here after Rudolf IV but after the dynasty became emperors they were buried in various cities Vienna was not yet the settled seat of the emperor After the Imperial Crypt at the Kapuzinerkirche opened in 1633 it became the new dynastic burial place nbsp The Ducal Crypt red letters is one of several burial locations beneath Stephansdom The bones of over 11 000 persons from cemeteries formerly around the church are stored in the Catacombs Embalmers have known since the time of the Ancient Egyptians that it is necessary to remove the internal organs if the rest of the body is to be preserved The containers with those organs were usually put in the coffin but when the heir to the Imperial Throne King Ferdinand IV of the Romans died in 1654 he specified in his will that the container with his heart be placed in the Augustinerkirche his body in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche and the urn with his viscera in the crypt at the Stephansdom His instructions resulted in the foundation of the Herzgruft at the Augustinerkirche His younger brother Emperor Leopold I pursued a tradition imitating that distribution of remains and also enlarged the Imperial Crypt to make it large enough for additional future burials The urns with viscera were thereafter regularly deposited in the Ducal Crypt in the Stephansdom There are now 33 persons who are each buried in all three places By 1754 the small rectangular Ducal Crypt was overcrowded with 12 sarcophagi and 39 urns so the area was expanded with an oval chamber being added directly beneath the present location of the Archbishop s Throne beyond the east end of the rectangular one New sarcophagi were made for some of the bodies In 1956 the crypt was renovated and the contents were rearranged The sarcophagi of Duke Rudolf IV3 and his wife4 were placed upon a pedestal and the 62 urns containing organs were moved from the two rows of shelves around the new section to cabinets in the original chamber Deposition in the crypt has not always been permanent Emperor Frederick III lay here for only 20 years after his death until his magnificent tomb upstairs in the south choir was ready The body of his brother Archduke Albert VI was removed after 300 years nbsp The old and new chambers of the crypt are adjacent with a tunnel for daylight at the east left end and stairs descending to the crypt s old chamber from the west The greatest influx other that the regular arrival of visceral urns came as a result of the Austrian version of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries under Emperor Joseph II in 1782 When the religious institutions holding bodies of some of the members of the dynasty were closed they needed to be moved The Imperial Crypt at that time had only half the space it has today and already held 57 bodies The emperor ordered that the bodies of two persons1 14 who had died before the Imperial Crypt opened be brought to the Ducal Crypt instead Another person Empress Eleanor 16 would normally have been entitled to space in the Imperial Crypt but because her husband19 was not buried there either her body was sent to the Ducal Crypt It is probably around this time that the body of Duke Albert VI was removed to make room for others and that the body15 whose sarcophagus is inscribed with only the year and name of the parents arrived Identified through other evidence as one year old Anna of Lorraine it is known that her brother Charles V Duke of Lorraine married Archduchess Eleanora Maria Josepha 1653 1697 widowed Queen of Poland and daughter of Emperor Ferdinand III 21 in 1678 and that marriage may have some connection with this non Habsburg being brought here but the exact reason is unclear The last item interred here is the urn with the viscera of Archduke Franz Karl78 father of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1878 List of persons buried in the Ducal Crypt edit nbsp In the Original Crypt the urns and sarcophagi are shown in disarray in this 1739 engraving The new chamber was added a dozen years later connecting through the wall to the left The cross arrangement engraved in the wall was moved to the new chamber The Ducal Crypt shelters the bodies of 1 King Frederick III of the Romans 1286 1330 the handsome son of King Albert I father of Duke Albert II and grandfather of Duke Rudolf IV 3 His remains were moved here in 1782 when the Carthusian monastery he founded at Mauerbach his original burial place was closed during the anti clerical reforms of Emperor Joseph II 2 Duke Friedrich 1347 1362 second son of Duke Albert II and the 15 year old brother of Rudolf IV 3 3 Duke Rudolf IV 1339 1365 the founder eldest son of Duke Albert II Rudolf commissioned the present cathedral and founded the University of Vienna before his death in Milan at age 25 He was originally entombed in S Giovanni in Concha and later moved to here The University lays a wreath on his tomb every 12 March to commemorate its founding by him 4 Duchess Katharine of Bohemia 19 August 1342 26 April 1395 wife of Rudolf IV3 and daughter of Emperor Charles IV After the death of Rudolf she married Otto V Duke of Bavaria 5 Duke Albert III 1349 1395 with the pigtail third son of Duke Albert II and younger brother of Rudolf IV 3 Died at age 46 6 Duke Albert IV 1377 1404 son of Albert III 5 Died at age 27 7 Duke Wilhelm 1370 1406 oldest son of Rudolf IVs youngest brother Leopold III 8 Duke Leopold IV 1371 1411 the fat younger son of Rudolf IVs youngest brother Leopold III 9 Duke George 1435 1435 infant son of Duke Albert V 10 Archduke Albert VI 1418 1463 Second son of Duke Ernest the Iron 11 Archduke Karl 1565 1566 9 month old son of Emperor Maximilian II 12 Archduke Ferdinand 1551 1552 15 month old son of Emperor Maximilian II 13 Archduchess Maria 1564 1564 one month old daughter of Emperor Maximilian II 14 Queen Elisabeth 1554 1592 Widow of King Charles IX of France and daughter of Emperor Maximilian II In 1782 her body was moved here from the convent she had founded 15 Duchess Anna 1645 1646 Family Tree young daughter of Duke Nicholas II Duke of Lorraine a former Cardinal 16 Empress Eleanor of Gonzaga 1598 1655 second wife of Emperor Ferdinand II 19 Her remains were moved here in 1782 from the Carmelite convent Siebenbuchnerinnen in Vienna that she had founded Gated niches in the original chamber outside the entrance to the previous chamber protect 62 copper urns containing the viscera intestines of various members of the Habsburg dynasty 17 Viscera of Empress Anna of Tyrol 4 October 1585 15 December 1618 Family Tree Daughter of Ferdinand II Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias18 who was 28 years older than her She provided in her will of 1617 for the establishment of a crypt for her and her husband in a Capuchin s Church to be built in Vienna and died only one year later at age 33 after seven years of a childless marriage and is buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt she founded Her heart is in urn 1 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche nbsp Emperor Matthias is the first emperor whose viscera are deposited here They were brought to the Ducal Crypt from their original resting place over 20 years later after the testament of emperor elect King Ferdinand IV of the Romans had set the precedent for honoring these three churches with the remains of the members of the Imperial Family 18 Viscera of Emperor Matthias 1557 1619 Family Tree Third son of Emperor Maximilian II Once governor of the Austrian Netherlands he wrested power over Austria Hungary and Moravia from his inept brother Emperor Rudolf II in 1608 and inherited the rest in 1612 He died age 62 only three months after his wife Empress Anna 17 He is buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche and his heart is in urn 2 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche 19 Viscera of Emperor Ferdinand II 1578 1637 Family Tree Eldest son of Archduke Charles II of Styria He died at age 62 His heart is in urn 3 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in the Grazer Dom Graz 20 Viscera of King Ferdinand IV of the Romans 8 September 1633 9 July 1654 Family Tree Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III 21 He died at age 20 His heart is in urn 4 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche He established the tradition of burial of different parts in three separate Vienna churches 21 Viscera of Emperor Ferdinand III 13 July 1608 2 April 1657 Family Tree Third son of Emperor Ferdinand II 19 He died during his 49th year and is buried in tomb 27 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 22 Viscera of Archduke Ferdinand Josef Alois 1657 1658 Family Tree Infant son of Emperor Ferdinand III 21 He is buried in tomb 6 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 23 Viscera of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm 6 April 1614 20 November 1662 Family Tree Son of Emperor Ferdinand II 19 Named at age 13 to take over his uncle Leopold s renounced see at Halberstaedt when he became 22 this was confirmed by the Pope and later became also Bishop of Olomouc Bishop of Breslau and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights He died at age 48 His heart is in urn 5 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 115 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 24 Viscera of Archduke Karl Joseph 7 August 1649 27 January 1664 Family Tree Son of Emperor Ferdinand III21 and Empress Maria Leopoldina who died during his birth Bishop of Olomouc and Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights at age 13 as heir to his uncle Archduke Leopold Wilhelm 23 The art collection he inherited from Archduke Leopold Wilhelm23 became the foundation of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Died at age 15 He is buried in tomb 116 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 25 Viscera of Archduke Ferdinand Wenzel Josef 1667 1668 Family Tree Infant son of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Margarita Teresa 29 He is buried in tomb 7 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 26 Heart of Archduke Ferdinand Wenzel Josef 27 Viscera of Archduke Johann Leopold 1670 Family Tree Infant son of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Margarita Teresa 29 He is buried in tomb 8 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 28 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Anna Antonie 1672 Family Tree Infant daughter of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Margarita Teresa 29 She is buried in tomb 10 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 29 Viscera of Empress Margarita Teresa 12 August 1651 12 March 1673 Family Tree Niece and first wife of Emperor Leopold I41 at age 15 dead at 22 Her heart is in urn 6 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 20 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 30 Viscera of Archduchess Anna Maria Sophie 1674 Family Tree Infant daughter of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Claudia Felicitas 31 She is buried in tomb 11 in the Imperial Crypt in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 31 Viscera of Empress Claudia Felicitas 30 May 1653 8 April 1676 Family Tree Second wife of Emperor Leopold I 41 Her 22 year old body by her own request is dressed in the habit of a Dominican nun and is entombed beside her mother in the Dominican Church in Vienna Her heart is in urn 24 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 32 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Josefa Klementina 1675 1676 Family Tree Infant daughter of Emperor Leopold I41 and Empress Claudia Felicitas 31 Her heart is in a gold and silver urn atop her mother s sarcophagus in the Dominican Church She is buried in tomb 12 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 33 Viscera of Empress Eleonora Magdalena of Mantua Nevers Gonzaga 18 November 1630 6 December 1686 Family Tree Third wife of Emperor Ferdinand III 21 She was 56 when she died Her heart is in urn 7 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 19 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 34 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Margareta 1690 1691 Family Tree Infant daughter of Emperor Leopold I 41 She is buried in tomb 14 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 35 Heart of Archduchess Maria Margareta 36 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Antonia 18 January 1669 24 December 1692 Family Tree Daughter of Emperor Leopold I 41 She died at age 23 Her heart is in urn 8 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 28 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 37 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Theresia 1684 1696 Family Tree Twelve year old daughter of Emperor Leopold I 41 Her heart is in urn 9 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 25 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 38 Viscera of Archduke Leopold Joseph 1700 1701 Family Tree Infant son of Emperor Joseph I 42 He is buried in tomb 33 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 39 Heart of Archduke Leopold Joseph 40 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Josepha 1687 1703 Family Tree Sixteen year old daughter of Emperor Leopold I 41 Her heart is in urn 10 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 16 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche nbsp Emperor Leopold I41 enlarged the Imperial Crypt at the Kapuzinerkirche and established the tradition of burying members of the Imperial Family in these three churches in Vienna following the precedent set in 1654 by King Ferdinand IV of the Romans 41 Viscera of Emperor Leopold I 9 June 1640 5 May 1705 Family Tree Second son of Emperor Ferdinand III21 and father of Emperors Joseph I42 and Karl VI 48 He reigned 48 years He was involved in wars ranging from the defense of western Europe against conquest by the Muslims to the War of the Spanish Succession to place his second son48 on the Spanish throne when the Spanish branch of the Habsburg dynasty died out in 1700 Leopold died at age 64 His heart is in urn 11 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 37 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 42 Viscera of Emperor Joseph I 1678 1711 Family Tree Son of Emperor Leopold I 41 He died at age 33 after a short reign of six years His heart is in urn 12 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 35 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 43 Viscera of Archduke Leopold Johann 13 April 1716 4 November 1716 Family Tree Prince of Asturias Six month old only son of Emperor Karl VI 48 He is buried in tomb 30 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 44 Heart of Archduke Leopold Johann 45 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Amalia 5 April 1724 19 April 1730 Family Tree Six year old youngest daughter of Emperor Karl VI 48 She is buried in tomb 23 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 46 Viscera of Archduchess Marie Elisabeth Amalie Antonie Josephe Gabriele Johanna Agathe February 5 1737 June 7 1740 Family Tree Three years old eldest daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa 57 She is buried in tomb 48 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 47 Heart of Archduchess Marie Elisabeth 48 Viscera of Emperor Karl VI 1 October 1685 20 October 1740 Family Tree Younger son of Emperor Leopold I 41 He died at age 55 after a reign of 29 years His heart is in urn 13 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 40 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 49 Viscera of Archduchess Marie Caroline Ernestine Antonie Johanna Josephe January 12 1740 January 25 1741 Family Tree Third daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa 57 Died at age 1 year She is buried in tomb 53 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 50 Heart of Archduchess Marie Caroline 51 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Elisabeth 1680 1741 Family Tree Regent of the Austrian Netherlands Daughter of Emperor Leopold I 41 Dead at age 61 Her heart is in urn 14 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 38 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche The container here for her viscera is of an unusual form being a flat box instead of the more usual pot shape 52 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Anna 14 September 1718 16 December 1744 Family Tree 26 year old daughter of Emperor Karl VI 48 Her heart is in urn 15 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 39 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 53 Viscera of Empress Elisabeth Christina of Braunschweig Wolfenbuttel 28 August 1691 21 December 1750 Family Tree Wife 1708 of Emperor Karl VI48 and mother of Empress Maria Theresa 57 Died at age 59 Her heart is in urn 17 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 36 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche nbsp The New Chamber as shown in this 1758 engraving is substantially how it looks today The window behind the sarcophagus of Duke Rudolf IV has a long sill sloping to the ground above to provide light The urns containing viscera have now been moved to the adjoining Original Chamber 54 Viscera of Archduke Karl Joseph Emanuel Johann Nepomuck Anton Prokop 1 February 1745 18 January 1761 Family Tree Second son of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa 57 Died of smallpox at age 15 His heart is in urn 18 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 44 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 55 Viscera of Archduchess Marie Johanna Gabriele Josephe Antonie 4 February 1750 23 December 1762 Family Tree Eighth daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen56 and Empress Maria Theresa 57 Died of smallpox at age 12 Her heart is in urn 19 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 45 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 56 Viscera of Emperor Franz I Stephen Luneville 8 December 1708 Innsbruck 18 August 1765 Family Tree Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany Husband of Empress Maria Theresa 57 he died at age 56 after nominally being Emperor for 25 years His heart is in urn 20 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 55 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 57 Viscera of Empress Maria Theresa 13 May 1717 29 November 1780 nbsp Maria Theresa Capuchin Crypt Family Tree Eldest surviving descendant of Emperor Karl VI 48 Family Tree her ascension was contested and officially the crown of the Empire went to her husband 1736 Emperor Franz I Stephen 56 but she held Hungary and Bohemia as Queen in her own right Dying at age 63 her forty years reign is thought of by the Austrians as the British think of Queen Victoria the golden years of power prestige and empire Her heart is in urn 21 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 56 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 58 Viscera of Archduchess Louise Elisabeth Vienna 18 February 1790 Vienna 24 June 1791 Family Tree Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia 70 Her heart is in urn 22 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 66 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche nbsp Emperor Leopold II spent little time in Vienna even during his two year reign but is now buried in three different Viennese churches 59 Viscera of Emperor Leopold II 1747 1792 Family Tree Third son of Empress Maria Theresia 57 Family Tree Most of his career was spent in Florence reforming the governance there as Grand Duke of Tuscany and only his final two years were as Emperor He died at age 45 His heart is in urn 23 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 60 Viscera of Empress Maria Ludovika 24 November 1745 15 May 1792 Family Tree Originally contracted to marry Empress Maria Theresia s57 second son Archduke Karl Joseph 54 his early death diverted her instead to the third son who later became Emperor Leopold II 59 In the course of 21 years she bore her not always faithful husband 16 children among them Emperor Franz II and Archduke Karl the victor of Aspern Grieving for her husband she outlived him by only two months leaving many small children Her 46 year old heart is in urn 24 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 114 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 61 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Karoline Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Josepha Medarde Vienna 8 June 1794 Vienna 16 March 1795 Family Tree Infant daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia 70 Her heart is in urn 25 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 95 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 62 Viscera of Archduke Alexander Leopold Johann Joseph Poggio Imperiale 14 August 1772 Laxenburg 12 July 1795 Family Tree Fourth son of Emperor Leopold II59 and Empress Maria Ludovika 60 Palatine of Hungary Died at 23 His heart is in urn 26 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 64 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 63 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Christina Johanna Josephe Antonie Mimi 3 May 1742 24 June 1798 Family Tree Favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia 57 Wife of Duke Albert of Teschen 75 The famous and moving monument he erected to her memory is in the Augustinerkirche She died of Typhus at age 56 Her heart is in urn 28 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 112 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 64 Viscera of Archduchess Maria Amalia Josephe Johanna Katharina Theresia Florence 15 October 1780 Vienna 25 December 1798 Family Tree Daughter of Emperor Leopold II59 and Empress Maria Ludovika 60 Died at 18 Her heart is in urn 27 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 65 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 65 Viscera of Archduchess Caroline Ludovika Leopoldine Vienna 9 December 1795 Schloss Hetzendorf 30 June 1799 Family Tree Fourth daughter of Emperor Franz II and Maria Theresia 70 Died at 3 Her heart is in urn 29 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 87 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 66 Viscera of Archduke Maximilian Franz 8 December 1756 26 July 1801 Family Tree Youngest son of Empress Maria Theresia 57 Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Bishop of Munster and Elector Archbishop of Cologne Died at 45 His heart is in urn 30 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 118 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 67 Viscera of Archduchess Karoline Ferdinanda Florence 2 August 1793 Vienna 5 January 1802 Family Tree Daughter of Ferdinand III Grand Duke of Tuscany and Luisa Maria Amelia Teresa of Naples 68 Died at 9 Her heart is in urn 31 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 79 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 68 Viscera of Grand Duchess Luisa Maria Naples 27 July 1773 Vienna 19 September 1802 Family Tree Daughter of Queen Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily 73 First wife 1790 of Ferdinand III Grand Duke of Tuscany Family Tree Died in childbirth at 29 Her heart is in urn 32 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried along with her stillborn son in tomb 84 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 69 Viscera of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus 1 June 1754 24 December 1806 Family Tree Fourth son of Empress Maria Theresia 57 Governor of Lombardy and later the Austrian Netherlands Founder of the House of Austria Este His 52 year old heart is in urn 34 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 105 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 70 Viscera of Empress Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily Naples 6 June 1772 Vienna 13 April 1807 Family Tree Second wife 1790 at age 18 of Emperor Franz II Mother of Empress Maria Louise second wife of Napoleon Emperor Ferdinand 77 and all subsequent children of her husband Because her mother73 was a sister of her husband s father59 the couple were first cousins Family Tree ancestors She died at age 34 of tuberculous pleurisy Her heart is in urn 35 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 60 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 71 Viscera of Archduke Joseph Franz Leopold Vienna 9 April 1799 Laxenburg 30 June 1807 Family Tree Second son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia 70 Died at 18 His heart is in urn 36 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 69 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 72 Viscera of Archduke Johann Nepomuk Karl Vienna 29 August 1805 Vienna 19 February 1809 Family Tree Fourth son of Emperor Franz II and Empress Maria Theresia 70 Died at 4 His heart is in urn 37 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 71 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 73 Viscera of Queen Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily 1752 1814 Family Tree Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia 57 Wife of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies Her heart is in urn 38 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 107 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche nbsp Emperor Ferdinand 77 painted at age 40 is the last emperor to have his viscera deposited in the Ducal Crypt 74 Viscera of Empress Maria Ludovika of Austria Este Monza 14 December 1787 Verona 7 April 1816 Family Tree Third wife 1808 at age 20 of 40 year old cousin Emperor Franz II she contracted tuberculosis shortly after their wedding suffering from it for the eight years of marriage before dying at age 28 Her heart is in urn 39 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and she is buried in tomb 58 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 75 Viscera of Duke Albert of Saxony Teschen 11 July 1738 10 February 1822 Family Tree Husband of Archduchess Maria Christina 63 The Albertina museum in his former palace is named for him because his collection of paintings formed the nucleus of the museum The oldest of those represented here he died at age 84 His heart is in urn 40 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 111 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 76 Viscera of Prince Franz Joseph Karl Duke of Reichstadt 1811 1832 Family Tree Twenty one year old son of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Maria Louise daughter of Emperor Franz II His heart is in urn 42 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche His body was originally buried in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche but in 1940 on the orders of Adolf Hitler it was moved to Les Invalides in Paris to rest with his father s 77 Viscera of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria 1793 1875 Family Tree First son of Emperor Franz II Severely epileptic he abdicated after a nominal reign of 12 years and spent the remainder of his 82 year long life in Prague His heart is in urn 53 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 62 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche 78 Viscera of Archduke Franz Karl 1802 1878 Family Tree Third son of Emperor Franz II When his elder brother Emperor Ferdinand77 abdicated in 1848 he stood aside so that his son Emperor Franz Joseph could succeed to the throne instead Great grandfather of the last reigning emperor Emperor Karl I Aged 76 when he died his viscera are the last interred here and his heart was the last to be placed in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche where it occupies urn 54 He is buried in tomb 135 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche See also editImperial Crypt HerzgruftReferences editKritzer Hubert Schaden Christine 2003 Der Friedhof von Sankt Stephan Institut fur Kunstgeschichte ed Vienna University of Vienna Archived from the original on 2004 06 27 in German Gruber Reinhard H 2001 St Stephan s Cathedral in Vienna 2nd ed Vienna Stephansdom 48 12 30 N 16 22 22 E 48 20833 N 16 37278 E 48 20833 16 37278 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ducal Crypt Vienna amp oldid 1212427113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
