Maria Anna of Savoy
| Maria Anna of Savoy | |||||
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| Empress consort of Austria Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia Queen consort of Lombardy–Venetia | |||||
| Tenure | 12 February 1830 – 2 December 1848 | ||||
| Coronation | 12 September 1836, Prague (as queen of Bohemia) | ||||
| Born | 19 September 1803 Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Papal States | ||||
| Died | 4 May 1884 (aged 80) Prague, Bohemia | ||||
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| Spouse | Ferdinand I of Austria | ||||
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| House | Savoy | ||||
| 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
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 and Royal Apostolic Majesty The Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Queen of Lombardy-Venetia.
- 2 December 1848 – 4 May 1884 Her Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty Empress-Queen Maria Anna.
Honours
Austria-Hungary : Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross.[3]
Spain : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/204403/Ferdinand-I
- ^ Noel S. McFerran, Museo di Roma (A Jacobite Gazetteer, Rome)
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich (1868), p 110, Sternkreuz-Orden
- ^ Geneall
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- Hungarian queens consort
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- Lombardic queens consort
- Princesses of Savoy
- Burials at the Imperial Crypt
- Twin people from Italy
- 1803 births
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- House of Savoy
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- Recipients of the Golden Rose
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- Dames of the Order of the Starry Cross
- Dames of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa