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Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria (1687–1703)
Maria Josepha
of
Austria
, was a daughter of
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
and his third
wife
Eleonore Magdalene of the Palatinate
.
Biography
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
.
Ancestors
