Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria

Maria Anna Josepha of Austria
Electoral Princess of the Palatinate
Spouse	John William, Elector Palatine
House	House of Habsburg
Father	Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Eleonora Gonzaga
Born	30 December 1654 Regensburg
Died	4 April 1689 (aged 34) Vienna

Maria Anna Josepha of Austria (30 December 1654 – 4 April 1689),was a Duchess consort of Jülich-Berg and Electoral Princess of the Palatinate.

Born in Regensburg, she was the youngest surviving daughter of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonora Gonzaga.

Life

In Wiener Neustadt on 25 October 1678 Maria Anna married John William, Electoral Prince of the Palatinate and brother of Empress Eleonor Magdalene, third wife of Rmperor Leopold I (Maria Anna's half-brother). The wedding ceremony was performed by Archbishop Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch, who that in memory of this event and the previous wedding of Maria Anna's sister Eleanor was in the main square of Wiener Neustadt build a Marian column.^[1] After the marriage, the Electoral Prince and Princess settled in Düsseldorf, where they lead an elaborate royal household.^[2]

As a gift to the newlyweds, Philip William, Elector Palatine (John William's father) ceded to them the Duchies of Jülich and Berg in 1679.^[3] During her marriage, the Electoral Princess gave birth two children, but either survive infancy:^[4][5]

• A son (b. and d. Düsseldorf, 6 February 1683).
• A son (b. and d. Düsseldorf, 5 February 1686).

Maria Anna died of tuberculosis during a visit to the imperial court in Vienna. She was buried in the Imperial Crypt.

Ancestors

Notes

References

• Harm Klueting, Wolfgang Schmale: The Empire and its territorial states in the 17th and 18th centuries, Volume 10, LIT Edit. Münster, 2004, p. 69.
• Constantin von Wurzbach: Maria Anna Josepha. Nr. 219. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, vol. 7, Edit. L. C. Zamarski, Vienna 1861, p. 29.

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