Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738–1789)

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
Portrait by Martin van Meytens.
Heiress presumptive of Austria, of Hungary, of Bohemia, de Burgundy, of Milan, of Brabant, of Limbourg and of Luxembourg
Reign	20 October 1740 – 13 March 1741
Predecessor	Empress Maria Theresa
Successor	Joseph I
Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies
Reign	1766 – 19 November 1789
Predecessor	new creation
Successor	Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria
Born	(1738-10-06)6 October 1738 Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	19 November 1789(1789-11-19) (aged 51) Episcopal Palace, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	never married
Issue	no issue
House	Habsburg-Lorraine (Austria)
Father	Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Empress Maria Theresa

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (Maria Anna Josepha Antonia; 6 October 1738 – 19 November 1789) was the second child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. As a child, and for a time the eldest surviving child, she was heiress presumptive, but she suffered from ill health and physical disability, and did not marry. In 1766 she became abbess of the Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies in Prague.

Titles

• 6 October 1738 – 1766 Royal Highness Maria Anna, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Tuscany.

Honours

• Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross.