Named in honor of her paternal auntMaria Anna of Savoy,[1] Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria was born on 27 October 1835, inVienna, Austria. Her father wasArchduke Franz Karl of Austria and her mother wasPrincess Sophie of Bavaria. She was baptized with the names ofMaria Anna Karolina Annunziata Johanna Josepha Gabriela Theresa Katharina Margaretha Philomena,[2] although in the family she was calledÄnnchen.
At birth, she seemed to be robust, however, she soon started to show signs ofepilepsy,[a] and had died at the early age of 4 after a violent seizure.[4] She was buried in the Ferdinand Vault at theImperial Crypt, in Vienna.[2]
^abKais. kön. priv. Bothe von und für Tirol und Vorarlberg, No 50, 22 June 1840, Innsbruck, p. 197.
^Hans Bankl:Die kranken Habsburger: Befunde und Befindlichkeiten einer Herrscherdynastie. Band 15360 von Goldmanns Taschenbücher, ed. Goldmann TB 2005,ISBN978-344215360-2
^Franz Carl Weidmann:Oesterreichischer Erinnerungs-Kalender. Historisch-chronistischer Ueberblick denkwürdiger, den österreichischen Kaiserstaat betreffender Ereignisse vom 1. Jänner 1840 bis 31. December 1845. Vienna, January 1846. In:Austria: österreichischer Universal-Kalender. ed. Klang 1847, vol. XLIII ff.
Generations are numbered by male-line descent fromFrederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished and outlawed in 1919.
