Background
Maria Amalia was born at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna.
Maria Amalia was born at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna.
She was the last daughter of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She died at 19 April 1730, in Vienna. After the death of her father, who had no male heirs, the imperial crown passed to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, as the husband of Maria Theresa.
The Habsburg dynasty of Austria became extinct in the male line with the death of Charles VI, and Maria Theresa and Francis began the dynasty of Habsburg-Lorraine.
5 April 1724 – 19 April 1730 Her Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduchess Maria Amalia.
Maria Amalia was the last member of the Austrian Habsburgs.