Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria

Maria Josepha of Austria
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, 1767
Born(1751-03-19)19 March 1751
Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died15 October 1767(1767-10-15) (aged 16)
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Names
  • English: Mary Josepha Gabriella Joan Antonia Anne
  • German: Maria Josefa Gabriele Johanna Antonia Anna
  • French: Marie Josèphe Gabrielle Jeanne Antoinette Anne
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Theresa

Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josefa Gabriella Johanna Antonia Anna; 19 March 1751 – 15 October 1767) was the twelfth child and ninth daughter of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Empress Maria Theresa. She was engaged to King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily, but the marriage never materialised due to Maria Josepha's death due smallpox. She was buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, Austria.


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