Archduchess Caroline Augusta of Austria

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Archduchess Caroline Augusta of Austria (19 November 1822 – 5 October 1841) was a member of the Tuscan branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by birth. As the eldest daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, she held the title of Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Tuscany.[1][2]

Biography

Born on 19 November 1822 at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Caroline Augusta was the eldest daughter of Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony[3]. Following her mother's death in 1832, she grew up within the Florentine court[4]. Caroline Augusta died unmarried in Florence on 5 October 1841 at age 18, and was buried in the Basilica of San Lorenzo[5][6].

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.Gothaischer Hofkalender: Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1841. p. 11.
  2. 2.Énache, Nicolas (1999). La Descendance de Marie-Thérèse de Habsburg. Paris: L'intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux. p. 550. ISBN 978-2908003048.
  3. 3.Beéche, Arturo (2010). The Grand Dukes of Tuscany. Eurohistory. p. 48. ISBN 978-0981591537.
  4. 4.Zobi, Antonio (1852). Storia civile della Toscana: 1841–1848. Florence: Presso Luigi Molini. p. 14.
  5. 5."Tod der Erzherzogin Karoline Auguste". Wiener Zeitung (282): 3. 12 October 1841.
  6. 6.Zobi, Antonio (1852). Storia civile della Toscana: 1841–1848. Florence: Presso Luigi Molini. p. 15.