Archduchess Caroline Augusta of Austria

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Archduchess Caroline Augusta
Portrait by Gasparo Martellini, 1840
Born(1822-11-19)19 November 1822
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died5 October 1841(1841-10-05) (aged 18)
Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Burial
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Names
German:Maria Carolina Augusta Elisabetha Vincentia Johanna Josepha
Italian:Carolina Augusta Elisabetta Vincenza Giovanna Giuseppa
HouseHouse of Habsburg-Lorraine
FatherLeopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherPrincess Maria Anna of Saxony
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Archduchess Caroline Augusta of Austria (19 November 1822 – 5 October 1841) was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by birth. As the eldest daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, she held the title of Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany.[1][2]

Biography

Death certificate of Archduchess Caroline.

Born on 19 November 1822 at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Caroline Augusta was the eldest daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony[3]. Following her mother's death in 1832, she grew up within the Florentine court[4]. Caroline Augusta died unmarried in Florence on 5 October 1841 at age 18, and was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo[5][6].

Ancestry

Bibliography

  • Innocenti, Fulvio (2004). La stirpe dei Lorena: Granduchi di Toscana. Florence: Edizioni Polistampa. ISBN 978-8883047244.
  • Kramer, Hans (1954). Die Toskana unter Leopold II: Bilder aus dem florentinischen Biedermeier. Vienna: Verlag Herder.

References

  1. Gothaischer Hofkalender: Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1841. p. 11.
  2. Énache, Nicolas (1999). La Descendance de Marie-Thérèse de Habsburg. Paris: L'intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. p. 550. ISBN 978-2908003048.
  3. Beéche, Arturo (2010). The Grand Dukes of Tuscany. Eurohistory. p. 48. ISBN 978-0981591537.
  4. Zobi, Antonio (1852). Storia civile della Toscana: 1841–1848. Florence: Presso Luigi Molini. p. 14.
  5. "Tod der Erzherzogin Karoline Auguste". Wiener Zeitung (282): 3. 12 October 1841.
  6. Zobi, Antonio (1852). Storia civile della Toscana: 1841–1848. Florence: Presso Luigi Molini. p. 15.