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Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Josepha of Austria (13 August 1743 – 22 September 1808) was the sixth child of Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. She was abbess of the Convent for Noble Ladies in Innsbruck from 1780 until 1806.
Biography
Maria Elisabeth was born on 13 August 1743. She was regarded as very attractive during her early youth and was considered the most beautiful of her sisters. Therefore, there were hopes to ensure her a marriage of the highest possible status. During the period of 1756–1763, however, when she would normally have been married, there were difficulties finding a match considered suitable of her in age and status because of the political complications during the Seven Years' War. As an adult in the Imperial Court, her mother was somewhat troubled by Maria Elisabeth's reputation as a "coquette".
In 1768, the recently widowed Louis XV of France considered marrying her. The French court considered it wise for him to marry in an attempt to prevent his sexual scandals, and politically, it was regarded as a way to strengthen the alliance between France and Austria to make both her and her sister Marie Antoinette Queens of France one after another; first Maria Elisabeth married to the present king and the Marie Antoinette married to the next. However, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth's chances of becoming Queen of France were destroyed by smallpox which terribly scarred her face, making her considered unfit for marriage. Her elder sister Archduchess Maria Anna was also ineligible for marriage due to physical disability. Maria Elisabeth was called "Liesl", and known for her sharp tongue. She eventually became greatly overweight.
Maria Elisabeth was appointed cannoness of the Convent for Noble Ladies in Innsbruck by her mother, but like her sister Maria Anna, who had a similar position, she did not in fact live in the convent but continued to share her time with the Imperial Court at Hofburg and Schönbrunn. After the death of their mother in 1780, she, as well as her sisters Maria Anna and Maria Christina, was asked by their brother Joseph II, to leave the Imperial court, because he did not want any women there and wanted to break up what he referred to as his sister's Women Republic. The Emperor appointed his sister Maria Elisabeth an abbess of the Convent for Noble Ladies in Innsbruck. Here - or rather in Innsbruck's Imperial Castle - Maria Elisabeth resided from May 1781 until January 1806, when the province of Tyrol was taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte's ally, the Kingdom of Bavaria. Maria Elisabeth first left for Vienna and later on moved to Linz, where she died on 22 September 1808.
Ancestry
Family of Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743–1808) |
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16. Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine |
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8. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine |
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17. Claude-Françoise of Lorraine |
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4. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine |
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18. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor |
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9. Eleonora Maria of Austria
Queen Dowager of Poland-Lithuania |
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19. Eleanor Gonzaga of Mantua |
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2. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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20. Louis XIII of France |
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10. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans |
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21. Anne of Austria |
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5. Princess Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans |
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22. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine |
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11. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Charlotte of Simmern |
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23. Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel |
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1. Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria |
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24. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (= 18) |
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12. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor |
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25. Maria Anna of Spain |
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6. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor |
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26. Philip William, Elector Palatine |
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13. Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg |
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27. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt |
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3. Maria Theresa of Austria
Queen of Hungary & Bohemia |
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28. Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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14. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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29. Duchess Elisabeth of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg |
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7. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
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30. Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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15. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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31. Duchess Christine Frederica of Württemburg |
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References
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1st generation |
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2nd generation |
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3rd generation |
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4th generation |
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5th generation |
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6th generation |
- Isabella Clara Eugenia, Co-sovereign of the Habsburg Hetherlands*
- Catherine Michelle, Duchess of Savoy*
- Archduchess Maria*
- Anna, Queen of Spain
- Elisabeth, Queen of France
- Archduchess Maria (1555–56)
- Archduchess Maria (1564)
- Archduchess Margaret (1567–1633)
- Archduchess Eleanor (1568-80)
- Archduchess Maria (1562-67)
- Archduchess Anna Eleanor
- Archduchess Maria (1584–1649)
- Anna, Holy Roman Empress
- Anna, Queen of Poland
- Maria Christina, Princess of Transilvania
- Archduchess Catherine Renata
- Archduchess Elisabeth (1577–86)
- Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana
- Archduchess Eleanor (1582–1620)
- Margaret, Queen of Spain
- Constance, Queen of Poland
- Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
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7th generation |
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8th generation |
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9th generation |
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10th generation |
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11th generation |
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12th generation |
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13th generation |
- Archduchess Ludovika Elisabeth
- Marie Louise, Empress of the French
- Archduchess Carolina Ferdinande**
- Archduchess Maria Caroline
- Archduchess Caroline Ludovika
- Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil
- Clementina, Princess of Salerno
- Archduchess Maria Luisa**
- Archduchess Alexandrine
- Maria Theresa, Queen of Sardinia**
- Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony
- Archduchess Maria Anna
- Archduchess Amalia Theresa
- Maria Theresa, Queen of the Two Sicilies
- Maria Theresa, Countess of Chambord***
- Archduchess Hermine
- Archduchess Franziska
- Archduchess Maria Caroline
- Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia
- Maria Beatrix, Countess of Montizón***
- Archduchess Maria Caroline
- Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska
- Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians
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14th generation |
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15th generation |
- Archduchess Sophie
- Gisela, Princess Leopold of Bavaria
- Archduchess Marie Valerie
- Margarete Sophie, Duchess of Württemberg
- Archduchess Maria Annunziata
- Elisabeth, Princess Aloys of Liechtenstein
- Archduchess Maria Antonietta**
- Luise, Crown Princess of Saxony**
- Anna, Princess of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein**
- Archduchess Margareta**
- Archduchess Germana**
- Archduchess Agnes**
- Archduchess Maria Theresa**
- Karoline Marie, Princess Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha**
- Archduchess Maria Antonietta**
- Maria Immaculata, Duchess of Württemberg**
- Archduchess Henriette**
- Maria Christina, Princess Emmanuel of Salm-Salm
- Maria Anna, Princess Elias of Bourbon Parma
- Maria Henrietta, Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
- Archduchess Natalie
- Archduchess Stephanie
- Archduchess Gabrielle
- Isabella, Princess Georg of Bavaria
- Alice, Baroness Waldbott of Bassenheim
- Archduchess Eleonora, Mrs. Alfons von Kloss
- Renata, Princess Hieronymus Radziwill
- Mechthildis, Princess Olgierd Czartoryski
- Archduchess Gisele
- Archduchess Sophie
- Archduchess Magdalena
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16th generation |
- Elisabeth Marie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz
- Helena, Duchess Philipp of Württemberg**
- Rosa, Duchess of Württemberg**
- Archduchess Dolores**
- Maria Inmaculada, Nobile Inigo Neri Sereneri**
- Margarita, Marchioness Taliani di Marchio**
- Princess Maria Antonia, Mrs. Luis Pérez**
- Archduchess Assunta, Mrs. Joseph Hopfinger**
- Elisabeth, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil**
- Hedwig, Countess of Stolberg-Stolberg**
- Gertrud, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg**
- Archduchess Maria Elisabeth**
- Archduchess Agnes**
- Archduchess Margarethe, Mrs. Alexander Cech
- Ilona, Duchess of Mecklenburg
- Archduchess Anna Theresia
- Archduchess Maria Kynga, Mrs. Joachim Krist
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17th generation |
- Descent of Charles I :
- Archduchess Adelheid
- Charlotte, Duchess of Mecklenburg
- Elisabeth, Princess Heinrich of Liechtenstein
Tuscany :
- Elisabeth, Edle Hubert von Braun**
- Alice, Baroness Vittorio Manno**
- Marie Antoinette, Baroness of Proff in Irnich**
- Archduchess Marie Christine**
- Archduchess Walburga, Mrs. Carlos Tasso**
- Archduchess Verena**
- Archduchess Katharina, Mrs. Roland Huber**
- Agnes, Baroness Peter of Fürstenberg**
- Maria Ileana, Countess Adam Kottulinski**
- Alexandra, Baroness Viktor of Baillou**
- Maria Magdalena, Baroness of Holzhausen**
- Archduchess Elisabeth, Mrs. Friedrich Sandhofer**
- Agnes, Princess Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein**
- Archduchess Maria Margaretha**
- Archduchess Ludovica**
- Archduchess Allix**
- Josepha, Countess Clemens of Waldstein-Wartenberg**
- Valerie, Margravine of Baden**
- Alberta, Baroness Alexander of Kottwitz-Erdödy**
- Theresa, Princess Rasso of Bavaria**
- Maria Inmakulata, Countess Reinhart of Hoensbroech**
Palatines :
- Archduchess Monika, Mrs. Charles de Rambures
- Archduchess Marie Christine, Mrs. Raymond van der Meide
- Archduchess Maria, Mrs. Wilhelm de Witt
- Margherita, Countess Benedikt of Piatti
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18th generation |
- Descent of Charles I :
- Andrea, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg
- Monika, Duchess of Maqueda
- Michaela, Countess Hubertus of Kageneck
- Archduchess Gabriela, Mrs. Christian Meister
- Walburga, Countess Archibald Douglas
- Maria Beatrix, Countess Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg***
- Isabella, Countess Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi***
- Maria del Pilar, Edle Vollrad-Joachim von Poschinger
- Kinga, Baroness Wolfgang of Erffa
- Archduchess Marie Adelheid, Mrs. Jaime Corcuerra
- Archduchess Viridis, Mrs. Karl Dunning-Gribble
- Archduchess Alexandra, Mrs. Héctor Riesle
- Maria Constanza, Princess of Auersperg-Trautson
- Maria Anna, Princess Peter Galitzine
- Catharina, Countess Maximiliano Secco d'Aragona
Descent of Maximilian :
- Archduchess Elisabeth, Mrs. James Litchfield
- Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Grätz
- Archduchess Marie Christine, Mrs. Clemens Guggenberg
Tuscany :
- Archduchess Marie Bernadette, Mrs. Rupert Wolff**
- Archduchess Katharina, Mrs. Niall Brooks**
- Archduchess Alicia**
- Archduchess Maria Christina**
- Archduchess Margaretha, Mrs. Andreas Baumgartner**
- Archduchess Marie Valerie, Mrs. Martin Josef Wagner**
- Archduchess Hedwig**
- Archduchess Veronika**
Palatines :
- Archduchess Johanna
- Archduchess Elisabeth
- Archduchess Celina
- Archduchess Maria Floriana
- Archduchess Sofía
- Archduchess Anna Carolina
- Archduchess Theresa
- Archduchess Sophie
- Archduchess Ladislaya
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- * also an infanta of Spain
- ** also a princess of Tuscany
- *** also a princess of Modena
- ° also a princess of Belgium
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Tuscan princesses by birth
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12th generation |
- Helena, Duchess Philipp of Württemberg*
- Rosa, Duchess of Württemberg*
- Princess Dolores*
- Maria Immaculada, Nobile Inigo Neri Sereneri*
- Margarita, Marchioness Taliani di Marchio*
- Princess Maria Antonia, Mrs. Luis Pérez*
- Princess Assunta, Mrs. Joseph Hopfinger*
- Elisabeth, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems*
- Hedwig, Countess of Stolberg-Stolberg*
- Gertrud, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg*
- Princess Maria Elisabeth*
- Princess Agnes*
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13th generation |
- Elisabeth, Edle Hubert von Braun*
- Alice, Baroness Vittorio Manno*
- Marie Antoinette, Freifrau von Proff zu Irnich*
- Princess Marie Christine*
- Princess Walburga, Mrs. Carlos Tasso*
- Princess Verena*
- Princess Katharina, Mrs. Roland Huber*
- Agnes, Freifrau Peter von Fürstenberg*
- Maria Ileana, Countess Adam Kottulinski*
- Alexandra, Freifrau Viktor von Baillou*
- Maria Magdalena, Freifrau von Holzhausen*
- Princess Elisabeth, Mrs. Friedrich Sandhofer*
- Agnes, Princess Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein*
- Princess Maria Margaretha*
- Princess Ludovica*
- Princess Allix*
- Josepha, Countess Clemens of Waldstein-Wartenberg*
- Valerie, Margravine of Baden*
- Alberta, Freifrau Alexander von Kottwitz-Erdödy*
- Theresa, Princess Rasso of Bavaria*
- Maria Inmakulata, Countess Reinhart of Hoensbroech*
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14th generation |
- Princess Marie Bernadette, Mrs. Rupert Wolff*
- Princess Katharina, Mrs. Niall Brooks*
- Princess Alicia*
- Princess Maria Christina*
- Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Andreas Baumgartner*
- Princess Marie Valerie, Mrs. Martin Josef Wagner*
- Princess Hedwig*
- Princess Veronika*
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15th generation |
- Princess Tatyana*
- Princess Anabella*
- Princess Tara*
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* also an archduchess of Austria
^did not have a royal or noble birth
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