Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (stillborn 1748)

Maria Carolina of Austria
Archduchess of Austria
Extract from a mural by Franz Anton Maulbertsch in the Hofburg (Innsbruck), representing the four daughters of Maria Theresa who died in childhood
Born(1748-09-17)17 September 1748
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died17 September 1748(1748-09-17) (aged 0)
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Burial
Imperial Crypt, Vienna
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Theresa
Three floating children (by Martin van Meytens, 1748). Van Meytens was commissioned in 1748 by Empress Maria Theresa to produce a posthumous painting of her three daughters who had died in infancy. From left to right: Maria Carolina (1740–1741), Maria Carolina (1748) and Maria Elisabeth (1737–1740)

Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria (born and died 17 September 1748) was the tenth child and the seventh daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.