Herzgruft

48°12′20.6″N 16°22′2″E / 48.205722°N 16.36722°E / 48.205722; 16.36722

The Herzgruft (

The first heart, belonging to King Ferdinand IV, was placed in the Augustinian Church on 10 July 1654, according to his wishes. The last heart, belonging to Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, was placed in the crypt on 8 March 1878. The bodies of all but three of the hearts are in the Imperial Crypt a few blocks away.^[1]

History

King Ferdinand IV instructed that his heart would be interred at the foot of the Holy Mother in the Augustinian Church in Vienna. Following the death of the king on 9 July 1654, the corpse was embalmed and the heart was placed in a goblet and displayed on the death bed. The next day, around 9:00 pm, the heart was transferred to the Loreto Chapel and buried at the foot of the Madonna in a simple celebration. With this simple act of piety, a custom was started to bury the hearts of all members of the House of Habsburg in the crypt alongside the heart of King Ferdinand IV. By 1878, 54 hearts had been brought to this simple crypt.^[1]

Crypt

Upper row

In the upper row, arranged in sequence of death date (from left to right):

• 1 Empress

  Ferdinand II, Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias.₂

  Buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 2 Emperor Matthias (1557–1619) →Family Tree
  Third son of Emperor Maximilian II. Husband of Empress Anna.₁ Buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 3 Emperor

  Charles II of Styria. Buried in the Grazer Dom, Graz

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• 4 King

  Ferdinand IV of the Romans (8 September 1633 – 9 July 1654) →Family Tree
  Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III. Founder of this Herzgruft. Buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 5 Archduke

  Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights

  . Buried in tomb 115 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 6 Empress Margarita Teresa (12 August 1651 – 12 March 1673) →Family Tree
  Niece, cousine and first wife of Emperor Leopold I₁₁ at age 15. Buried in tomb 20 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 7 Empress Eleonora Magdalena of Mantua-Nevers-Gonzaga (18 November 1630 – 6 December 1686) →Family Tree
  Third wife of Emperor Ferdinand III. Foundress of the Order of the Starry Cross (the Sternkreuzorden). Buried in tomb 19 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 8 Archduchess Maria Antonia (18 January 1669 – 24 December 1692) →Family Tree
  Daughter of Emperor Leopold I₁₁ and wife of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. Buried in tomb 28 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 9 Archduchess Maria Theresia (1684–1696) →Family Tree
  Twelve-year-old daughter of Emperor Leopold I.₁₁ Buried in tomb 25 of the Imperial Crypt.
• 10 Archduchess Maria Josepha (1687–1703) →Family Tree
  Daughter of Emperor Leopold I.₁₁ Buried in tomb 16 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 11 Emperor Leopold I (9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) →Family Tree
  Second son of Emperor Ferdinand III and father of Emperors Joseph I₁₂ and Karl IV.₁₃ Buried in tomb 37 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 12 Emperor Joseph I (1678–1711) →Family Tree
  Son of Emperor Leopold I.₁₁ Buried in tomb 35 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 13 Emperor Karl VI (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740) →Family Tree
  Younger son of Emperor Leopold I.₁₁ Buried in tomb 40 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 14 Archduchess

  Maria Elisabeth (1680–1741) →Family Tree

  Daughter of Emperor Leopold I.₁₁
  Buried in tomb 38 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 15 Archduchess

  Maria Anna (14 September 1718 – 16 December 1744) →Family Tree

  Daughter of Emperor Karl VI.₁₃ and sister of Empress Maria Theresia.₂₁
  Buried in tomb 39 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 16 Unnamed princess (1744) →Family Tree
  Daughter of Prince Charles of Lorraine and Archduchess Maria Anna.₁₅ Buried in tomb 47 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 17 Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (28 August 1691 – 21 December 1750) →Family Tree
  Wife (1708) of Emperor Karl VI₁₃ and mother of Empress Maria Theresa.₂₁ Buried in tomb 36 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 18 Archduke

  Karl Joseph Emanuel Johann Nepomuk Anton Prokop (1 February 1745 – 18 January 1761) →Family Tree

  Second son of Emperor Franz I Stephen₂₀ and Empress Maria Theresa.₂₁
  Buried in tomb 44 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 19 Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela Josephe Antonie (4 February 1750 – 23 December 1762 →Family Tree
  Eighth daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephen₂₀ and Empress Maria Theresa.₂₁ Buried in tomb 45 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 20 Emperor Franz I Stephen (Lunéville 8 December 1708 – Innsbruck 18 August 1765) →Family Tree
  Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Husband of Empress Maria Theresa,₂₁ Buried in tomb 55 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 21 Empress

  Maria Theresa (13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) →Family Tree

  Eldest surviving descendant of Emperor Karl VI,₁₃→Family Tree her ascension was contested and officially the crown of the Empire went to her husband (1736) Emperor Franz I Stephen.₂₀
  Buried in tomb 56 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 22 Archduchess Louise Elisabeth (Vienna 18 February 1790 – Vienna 24 June 1791) →Family Tree
  Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz II₄₃ and Empress Maria Theresia Caroline.₃₅ Buried in tomb 66 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 23 Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) →Family Tree
  Third son of Empress Maria Theresia.₂₁ →Family Tree Buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 24 Empress Maria Ludovika (24 November 1745 – 15 May 1792) →Family Tree
  Wife of Emperor Leopold II₂₃ and mother of Emperor Franz II₄₃. Buried in tomb 114 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 25 Archduchess

  Maria Karoline Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Josepha Medarde (Vienna 8 June 1794 – Vienna 16 March 1795) →Family Tree

  Daughter of Emperor Franz II₄₃ and Maria Theresia Caroline.₃₅
  Buried in tomb 95 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 26 Archduke Alexander Leopold Johann Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (Poggio Imperiale 14 August 1772 – Laxenburg 12 July 1795) →Family Tree
  Fourth son of Emperor Leopold II₂₃ and Empress Maria Ludovika.₂₄ Buried in tomb 64 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 27 Archduchess Maria Amalia Josephe Johanna Katharina Theresia (Florence 15 October 1780 – Vienna 25 December 1798) →Family Tree
  Daughter of Emperor Leopold II₂₃ and Empress Maria Ludovika.₂₄ Buried in tomb 65 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 28 Archduchess

  Maria Christina Johanna Josephe Antonie ("Mimi") (3 May 1742 – 24 June 1798) →Family Tree

  Favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia.₂₁ and wife of Duke Albert of Teschen.₄₀ The famous and moving monument he erected to her memory is in the nave of this Augustinerkirche
  church. Buried in tomb 112 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 29 Archduchess

  Caroline Ludovika Leopoldine (Vienna 9 December 1795 – Schloß Hetzendorf 30 June 1799) →Family Tree

  Fourth daughter of Emperor Franz II₄₃ and Maria Theresia.₃₅
  Buried in tomb 87 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 30 Archduke

  Maximilian Franz (8 December 1756 – 26 July 1801) →Family Tree

  Youngest son of Empress Maria Theresia.₂₁
  Archbishop of Cologne. Buried in tomb 118 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 31 Archduchess Karoline Ferdinanda (1793–1802) →Family Tree
  Daughter of Emperor Franz II₄₃ and Maria Theresia.₃₅ Buried in tomb 79 in the Imperial Crypt.
• 32 Grand Duchess Luisa Maria Amelia Teresa of Naples and Sicily (Naples 27 July 1773 – Vienna 19 September 1802) →Family Tree
  Daughter of Queen Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily.₃₈ First wife (1790) of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. →Family Tree Buried in tomb 84 in the Imperial Crypt.