Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria

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Archduchess Maria Josepha Gabriella Johana Antonia Ana of Austria (19 March 1751 Vienna, Austria) - (15 October 1767 Vienna, Austria). She was the daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708-1765) and Maria Theresa of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1717-1780). She died of smallpox at the age of 16 and was buried in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna, Austria.

Maria Josepha was terrified of dying of smallpox after the death of her older sister Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela in 1762, and sister-in-law Maria Josepha of Bavaria, second wife of her elder brother Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, in May 1767. Her fears were realized when she died of smallpox on the very day she was to have left Vienna for her journey across the alps to marry the King of Naples, Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. After her death, her sister Marie Caroline of Austria was given as a bride to the King of Naples in her place.

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16. Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Claude-Françoise of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria
Queen Dowager of Poland-Lithuania
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Eleanor Gonzaga of Mantua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Louis XIII of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Anne of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Princess Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (= 18)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Maria Anna of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Philip William, Elector Palatine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Maria Theresa of Austria
Queen of Hungary & Bohemia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Duchess Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Duchess Christine Frederica of Württemburg