Ferdinand Vault

Sarcophagus of Emperor Ferdinand I.

View from the New Vault into the Ferdinand Vault

Sarcophagus of Emperor Ferdinand I.

Inscription plaque on the sarcophagus of Emperor Ferdinand I.

Coat of arms on the sarcophagus of Emperor Ferdinand I.

Sarcophagus of Empress Maria Anna

Lid of the sarcophagus of Empress Maria Anna

Name plate of those buried in wall niche C

FRANZ Vault

Vault tour

Tuscan Vault

Personalities

in the Ferdinand Vault

1791

Louise Elisabeth Francisca

*17.02.1790 Vienna - †25.06.1791 Vienna

Daughter of Emperor Francis II.(I.) and his first wife Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Württemberg.

N° 64A

1795

Alexander Leopold

*14.08.1772 Florence, Italy - †12.07.1795 Laxenburg

Fourth son of Emperor Leopolds II. and Maria Ludovikas of Bourbon-Spain. Archduke Alexander Leopold was elected Palatine by the Hungarian Diet at the age of 18.

1795

Karoline Leopoldine

*08.06.1794 Vienna - †16.03.1795 Vienna

Daughter of Emperor Francis II.(I.) and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples.

N° 65A

1798

Maria Amalia

*15.10.1780 Florenec, Italy - †25.12.1798 Vienna

Fourth daughter of Emperor Leopolds II. and Maria Ludovika of Bourbon-Spain.

1807

Amalia Theresia

*06.04.1807 Vienna - †09.04.1807 Vienna

Daughter of Emperor Francis II.(I.) and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples.

N° 69A

1807

Joseph Franz

*09.04.1799 Vienna - †30.06.1807 Laxenburg

Son of Emperor Francis II.(I.) and his second wife Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily.

1855

Franz Joseph

*05.03.1855 Groß Seelowitz, Czech Republic - †13.03.1855 Groß Seelowitz, Czech Republic

Son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand, a son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Teschen and Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg, and Elisabeth of Austria.

1864

Maria Eleonore

*29.11.1864 Brno, Czech Republic - †09.12.1864 Brno, Czech Republic

Daughter of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and Elisabeth of Austria, a daughter of Archduke Joseph Anton, Palatine of Hungary. Granddaughter of Archduke Charles Ludwig of Teschen and great-granddaughter of Emperor Leopold II.

N° 63

Detail of the painting of Empress Maria Anna (1787–1850) by Laurenz Herr. Between 1840 and 1845.

1884

Empress Maria Anna of Sardinia-Piedmont

*19.09.1803 Rome, Italy - †04.05.1884 Prague, Czech Republic

Daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este. Without knowing beforehand that he was ill, she was chosen by Metternich to be the wife of Emperor Ferdinand I. Maria Anna was called the ‘Mother of the Poor’ because of her charitable work.

1886

Henriette Maria

*20.02.1884 Vienna - †13.08.1886 Traunkirchen

Daughter of Archduke Karl Salvator and Maria Immakulata of Naples-Siciliy.