Background
Her father Leopold was her mother"s maternal uncle and paternal first cousin once removed.
Her father Leopold was her mother"s maternal uncle and paternal first cousin once removed.
Her birth was the result of the inbreeding chronic in the Habsburg family during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The last Habsburg king of Spain, Charles II, never fathered any children. According to the laws of succession in Spain, Maria Antonia would have had the right to inherit the crown had she lived long enough, because she was the only surviving child of Empress Margaret Theresa, Charles II"s sister.
As an alternative, she became a candidate for marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, the Duke of Savoy, but nothing came of these plans either.
Leopold Ferdinand of Bavaria (22 May 1689) died at birth. Anton of Bavaria (19 November 1690) died at birth.
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (28 October 1692 – 6 February 1699), Prince of Asturias.