Maria Josepha | |
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Archduchess of Austria | |
Born | 6 March 1687 Vienna |
Died | 14 April 1703 (aged 16) Vienna |
Burial | Imperial Crypt, Vienna (body) Herzgruft, Vienna (heart) |
Father | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor |
Mother | Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate |
Maria Josepha of Austria (Maria Josepha Colletta Antonia; 6 March 1687 – 14 April 1703), was a daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate.
Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna she was the fifth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Maria Josepha died of smallpox at the age of sixteen, and was buried in the Imperial Crypt, while her heart was placed in the Herzgruft at the Augustinian Church, Vienna.