Maria Anna of Savoy
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Maria Anna of Savoy (
Biography
Maria Anna was born on 19 September 1803 in
On 12 February 1831, Maria Anna was married by
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Maria Anna and Ferdinand had no children.
Ferdinand succeeded as emperor of Austria on 2 March 1835; Maria Anna became empress. On 12 September 1836, she was crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague.
Maria Anna never learned to speak German during her tenure as empress but preferred to speak French. She enjoyed some popularity as empress, and a festival was celebrated on her name day 26 July each year.[3] Minister Metternich managed the Government during the reign of her spouse. Unlike her sister-in-law Sophie of Bavaria, Maria Anna had no influence on policy. She supported Emperor Ferdinand, who was unable to manage state affairs because of his health, was respected for this, and referred to herself as his nurse.[4]
During the 1848 Revolution, Maria Anna retracted her support from the Metternich Policy with support from Sophie of Bavaria. However, she did voice her opinion that stronger measures should be taken against the revolution. She influenced her spouse's decision to abdicate.[5]
On 2 December 1848, Ferdinand
Maria Anna died in Prague. She is buried next to her husband in tomb number 63 in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna.[citation needed]
Honours
Austria-Hungary : Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross[6]
Spain : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa
Ancestry
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Footnotes
- ^ "Ferdinand (I) | Biography, Reign, & Facts".
- ^ Martin Mutschlechner: Ferdinand: Ein „Betriebsunfall“ im Hause Habsburg
- ^ Maria Anna, In: Brigitte Hamann (Hrsg.): Die Habsburger, 1988
- ^ Martin Mutschlechner: Ferdinand: Ein „Betriebsunfall“ im Hause Habsburg
- ISBN 3-7001-0128-7
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich (1868), p 110, Sternkreuz-Orden
Bibliography
External links
Media related to Maria Anna of Sardinia at Wikimedia Commons
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