Maria Anna of Savoy

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Maria Anna of Savoy
Empress and Archduchess consort of Austria;
Queen consort of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardia and Venetia
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Tenure 12 February 1830 – 2 December 1848
Coronation 12 September 1836, Prague (as queen of Bohemia)
Born (1803-09-19)19 September 1803
Palazzo Colonna, Rome
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Prague
Burial Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Spouse Ferdinand I of Austria
Full name
Italian: Maria Anna Carolina Pia di Savoia
House House of Savoy (by birth)
House of Habsburg (by marriage)
Father Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
Mother Maria Theresa of Austria-Este

Maria Anna of Savoy (Italian: Maria Anna Ricciarda Carolina Margherita Pia ; 19 September 1803 – 4 May 1884) was the wife of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. She was Empress of Austria; Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardy and Venetia.[1]

Biography

Maria Anna was born in Palazzo Colonna in Rome, the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and of his wife, Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este. She had a twin sister Maria Teresa. The two princesses were baptised by Pope Pius VII. Their godparents were their maternal grandparents, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este. In the Museo di Roma can be seen a painting of the baptism.[2]

On 12 February 1831 Maria Anna was married by procuration in Turin to King Ferdinand V of Hungary (later Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria). On 27 February the couple were married in person in Vienna in the Hofburg chapel by the Cardinal Archbishop of Olmütz.

Maria Anna and Ferdinand had no children.

Ferdinand succeeded as Emperor of Austria on 2 March 1835; Maria Anna became Empress of Austria. On 12 September 1836 she was crowned as Queen of Bohemia at Prague.

On 2 December 1848 Ferdinand abdicated as Emperor of Austria, but retaining his imperial rank; Maria Anna was henceforward titled Empress Maria Anna. They lived in retirement together, spending the winters at Prague Castle and the summers at Reichstadt (now Zákupy) or at Ploschkowitz (now Ploskovice).

Maria Anna died in Prague. She is buried next to her husband in tomb number 63 in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna.

Ancestry

Family of Maria Anna of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Anne Marie d'Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Louis, Grand Dauphin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Philip V of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Antonietta of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elisabeth Farnese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Anna of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Theresa of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Alderano I Cybo-Malaspina, Duke of Massa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Ricciarda Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 19 September 1803 – 12 February 1831 Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Anna of Savoy
  • 12 February 1831 – 2 December 1848 Her Majesty the Queen of Hungary
  • 2 March 1835 – 2 December 1848 Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Austria
  • 2 December 1848 – 4 May 1884 Her Imperial Majesty Empress Maria Anna

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Maria Anna of Savoy
Born: 24 December 1837 Died: 10 September 1898
Austro-Hungarian royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Austria
Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia

1835–1848
Succeeded by
Elisabeth of Bavaria