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| Born | Maria Luisa Giuseppa Cristina Rosa 30 August 1798 Florence,Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Died | 15 June 1857 (aged 58) Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| House | Habsburg-Lorraine |
| Father | Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
| Mother | Luisa of Naples and Sicily |
Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria (30 August 1798 – 15 June 1857) was anArchduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, as the daughter ofFerdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany andLuisa of Naples and Sicily. She was born with a deformity, and thus never married.
Archduchess Maria Luisa Giuseppa Cristina Rosa was born on 30 August 1798, inFlorence. She was the second child and first daughter borne toFerdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wifeLuisa of Naples and Sicily.[1][2] The younger Maria Luisa grew up in Italy and Austria.
Maria Luisa's parents weredouble first cousins. Offspring from incestuous unions suffer increased risk of genetic illness;[3][4] since her birth, Maria Luisa was disabled and had a deformity. Due to this, she was affectionately called "the little hunchback".[citation needed]
Maria Luisa and her family were known to have made regular visitations toPisa, since 1814.[5] She never married, or had children. Her great-niece and namesake,Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, who was born thirteen years after the Archduchess's death, described her in her memoirs:
Ten o'clock was the luncheon hour,when all the family met, and my great-aunt,Princess Louisa, was always much in evidence.She was a dwarf, with the crooked, malicious mind that so often goes with a crooked body.She had very long, monkey-like arms, and whenever she was displeased she would fling themout like the sails of a windmill and hit whichever of her ladies-in-waiting happened to bestanding nearest to her. She was an odious little creature and hated everybody who was young and pretty, with the result that she was cordially detested even by her own relatives.[6]
She died on 15 June 1857,[7][8] aged 58.
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