Maria Anna of Savoy

Maria Anna of Savoy
Empress and Archduchess consort of Austria; Queen consort of Hungary, Bohemia, Lombardia and Venetia
Tenure	12 February 1830 – 2 December 1848
Coronation	12 September 1836
Spouse	Ferdinand I of Austria
Full name
Maria Anna Carolina Pia di Savoia
House	House of Habsburg House of Savoy
Father	Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia
Mother	Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
Born	19 September 1803(1803-09-19) Palazzo Colonna, Rome
Died	4 May 1884(1884-05-04) (aged 80) Prague
Burial	Imperial Crypt, Vienna

Maria Anna of Savoy (Maria Anna Carolina 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 chapel of the Cardinal Archbishop of Olmütz.

Maria Anna and Ferdinand were devoted to each other. They 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 March 1835 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

Footnotes

1. ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/204403/Ferdinand-I
2. ^ Noel S. McFerran, Museo di Roma (A Jacobite Gazetteer, Rome)

Bibliography

• Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich

Maria Anna of Savoy House of Wittelsbach Born: 24 December 1837 Died: 10 September 1898
Austro-Hungarian royalty
German royalty
Preceded by Caroline Augusta of Bavaria	Empress consort of Austria 1831–1848	Succeeded by Elisabeth of Bavaria
	Queen consort of Hungary 1831–1848
	Queen consort of Bohemia 1835–1848

Persondata
Name	Savoy, Maria Anna Of
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	19 September 1803
Place of birth	Palazzo Colonna, Rome
Date of death	4 May 1884
Place of death	Prague