Maria Theresa of Austria | |
Father: | Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor |
Mother: | Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1684 |
Birth Place: | Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
Death Date: | 28 September 1696 (aged 12) |
Death Place: | Palais Ebersdorf, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire |
Burial Place: | Imperial Crypt, Vienna |
Maria Theresa of Austria (22 August 1684 – 28 September 1696) was a daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his third wife Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg.
She was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, the fourth daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate-Neuburg. Maria Theresa died of smallpox at the age of twelve, at the Palais Ebersdorf in Vienna. She is buried in the Imperial Crypt.
In 1695, at the age of 11, Maria Theresa was engaged to Maximilian II Emanuel, the Elector of Bavaria, as part of a political alliance between Austria and Bavaria. The marriage was arranged to strengthen the ties between the two states and secure Bavaria's support for the Habsburg dynasty, but she died before her wedding could take place.