Maria Amalia of Austria
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Marie Amalie or Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria (October 22, 1701, Vienna - December 11, 1756, Munich) was the daughter of Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor and Amalia Wilhelmina, daughter of Duke Frederick of Brunswick-Lüneburg. She and her sister were excluded from the Habsburg succession in favour of their cousin Maria Theresa by the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713.
She married Charles of Bavaria, who was later to become Holy Roman Emperor, on October 5, 1722. They had seven children:
- Maximiliane, Princess of Bavaria (1723). Considered to have died young.
- Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria (July 18, 1724 - April 23, 1780). Married Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony.
- Therese Benedikta, Princess of Bavaria (December 6, 1725 - March 29, 1743).
- Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria (March 28, 1727 - December 30, 1777).
- Joseph Ludvig Leo, Prince of Bavaria (August 25, 1728 - December 2, 1733).
- Maria Anna, Princess of Bavaria (August 7, 1734 - May 7, 1776). Married Ludwig Georg Simpert, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
- Maria Josefa, Princess of Bavaria (1739-1767). Married Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
| Preceded by Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska |
Electress of Bavaria 1726-1745 |
Succeeded by Maria Anna of Saxony |
| Preceded by Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick |
Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, German Queen 1742-1745 |
Succeeded by Maria Theresa of Austria |
| Queen Consort of Bohemia 1741-1743 |
Succeeded by Emperor Francis I |
