Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1738)

Archduchess Maria Anna
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, 1760s
Born	(1738-10-06)6 October 1738 Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died	19 November 1789(1789-11-19) (aged 51) Klagenfurt, Duchy of Carinthia, Holy Roman Empire
Names English: Mary Anne Josephine Antonia German: Maria Anna Josefa Antonia French: Marie Anne Joséphine Antoinette
House	Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Theresa

Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (Maria Anna Josepha Antonia; 6 October 1738 – 19 November 1789) was the second child of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. As a child, and for a time the eldest surviving child, she was heiress presumptive, but she suffered from ill health and physical disability, and did not marry. In 1766 she became abbess of the Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies in Prague. Soon thereafter she moved to Klagenfurt and remained there for the rest of her life. Her palace in Klagenfurt, the Mariannengasse, now houses the Episcopal Palace.