- Herzgruft
The Herzgruft is the chamber protecting 54
urn s containing the hearts ofdeceased members of theHabsburg dynasty. It is a small room off St. George's Chapel of theAugustinerkirche church located within theHofburg complex in downtownVienna ,Austria . "Herzgruft" means "heart crypt" in German.The first heart (that of King Ferdinand IV of the Romans) was placed in the Augustinerkirche on
10 July 1654 , and the last (that ofArchduke Franz Karl of Austria ) on8 March 1878 .The bodies of all but three of those whose hearts are here are in the
Imperial Crypt a few blocks away.History
Hearts inurned here
In the upper row, arranged in sequence of death date "(from left to right)":
*biohead|1|Empress
Anna of Tyrol (4 October 1585 -15 December 1618 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdx503 Daughter ofFerdinand II, Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias.bioxref|2 Buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|2|Emperor Matthias (
1557 -1619 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdx503 Third son of Emperor Maximilian II. Husband of Empress Anna.bioxref|1 Buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|3|Emperor Ferdinand II (
1578 -1637 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdx503 Eldest son of Archduke Charles II of Styria. Buried in the [http://www.kaisergruft.at/anhang/graz.htm Grazer Dom] ,Graz .*biohead|4|King Ferdinand IV of the Romans (
8 September 1633 -9 July 1654 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III. Founder of this Herzgruft. Buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|5|Archduke Leopold Wilhelm (
6 April 1614 -20 November 1662 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdx503 Son of Emperor Ferdinand II.bioxref|3 Named at age 13 to take over his uncle Leopold's renouncedsee of Halberstaedt (when he became 22, this was confirmed by the Pope) and later became alsoBishop of Olomouc ,Bishop of Breslau , andGrand Master of the Teutonic Knights . Buried in tomb 115 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|6|Empress Margarita Teresa (
12 August 1651 -12 March 1673 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Niece, cousine and first wife of Emperor Leopold Ibioxref|11 at age 15. Buried in tomb 20 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|7|Empress Eleonora Magdalena of Mantua-Nevers-Gonzaga (
18 November 1630 -6 December 1686 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Third wife of Emperor Ferdinand III. Foundress of theOrder of the Starry Cross (the Sternkreuzorden). Buried in tomb 19 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|8|Archduchess Maria Antonia (
18 January 1669 -24 December 1692 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Daughter of Emperor Leopold Ibioxref|11 and wife ofMaximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria . Buried in tomb 28 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|9|Archduchess Maria Theresia (1684 - 1696)|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Twelve-year old daughter of Emperor Leopold I.bioxref|11 Buried in tomb 25 of the Imperial Crypt.
*biohead|10|Archduchess Maria Josepha (1687 - 1703)|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Daughter of Emperor Leopold I.bioxref|11 Buried in tomb 16 in the Imperial Crypt.
*biohead|11|Emperor Leopold I (
9 June 1640 -5 May 1705 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Second son of Emperor Ferdinand III and father of Emperors Joseph Ibioxref|12 and Karl IV.bioxref|13 Buried in tomb 37 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|12|Emperor Joseph I (1678 - 1711)|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Son of Emperor Leopold I.bioxref|11 Buried in tomb 35 in the
Imperial Crypt .*biohead|13|Emperor Karl VI (
1 October 1685 -20 October 1740 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Younger son of Emperor Leopold I.bioxref|11 Buried in tomb 40 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|14|Archduchess Maria Elisabeth (
1680 -1741 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Daughter of Emperor Leopold I.bioxref|11 Buried in tomb 38 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|15|Archduchess Maria Anna (
14 September 1718 -16 December 1744 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Daughter of Emperor Karl VI.bioxref|13 and sister of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 39 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|16|Unnamed princess (1744)|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Daughter of Prince Charles of Lorraine and Archduchess Maria Anna.bioxref|15 Buried in tomb 47 in the Imperial Crypt.
*biohead|17|Empress
Elisabeth Christina of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (28 August 1691 -21 December 1750 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFerdinand27 Wife (1708 ) of Emperor Karl VIbioxref|13 and mother of Empress Maria Theresa.bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 36 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|18|Archduke Karl Joseph Emanuel Johann Nepomuck Anton Prokop (
February 1 ,1745 -January 18 ,1761 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Second son of Emperor Franz I Stephenbioxref|20 and Empress Maria Theresa.bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 44 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|19|Archduchess Marie Johanna Gabriele Josephe Antonie (
February 4 ,1750 -December 23 ,1762 |Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Eighth daughter of Emperor Franz I Stephenbioxref|20 and Empress Maria Theresa.bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 45 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|20|Emperor Franz I Stephen (Lunéville
8 December 1708 - Innsbruck18 August 1765 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Duke of Lorraine and Grand Duke of Tuscany. Husband of Empress Maria Theresa,bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 55 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|21|Empress Maria Theresa (
13 May 1717 -29 November 1780 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Eldest surviving descendant of Emperor Karl VI,bioxref|13→Family Tree her ascension was contested and officially the crown of the Empire went to her husband (1736 ) Emperor Franz I Stephen.bioxref|20 Buried in tomb 56 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|22|Archduchess Louise Elisabeth (Vienna
18 February 1790 - Vienna24 June 1791 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Infant first daughter of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Empress Maria Theresia Caroline.bioxref|35 Buried in tomb 66 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|23|Emperor Leopold II (
1747 -1792 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Third son of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 →Family Tree Buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|24|Empress Maria Ludovika (
24 November 1745 -15 May 1792 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Wife of Emperor Leopold IIbioxref|23 and mother of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43. Buried in tomb 114 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|25|Archduchess Maria Karoline Leopoldine Franziska Theresia Josepha Medarde (Vienna
8 June 1794 - Vienna16 March 1795 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Daughter of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Maria Theresia Caroline.bioxref|35 Buried in tomb 95 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|26|Archduke Alexander Leopold Johann Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (Poggio Imperiale
14 August 1772 - Laxenburg12 July 1795 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Fourth son of Emperor Leopold IIbioxref|23 and Empress Maria Ludovika.bioxref|24 Buried in tomb 64 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|27|Archduchess Maria Amalia Josephe Johanna Katharina Theresia (Florence
15 October 1780 - Vienna25 December 1798 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Daughter of Emperor Leopold IIbioxref|23 and Empress Maria Ludovika.bioxref|24 Buried in tomb 65 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|28|Archduchess Maria Christina Johanna Josephe Antonie "("Mimi")" (
3 May 1742 -24 June 1798 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Favorite daughter of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 and wife of Duke Albert of Teschen.bioxref|40 The famous and moving monument he erected to her memory is in the nave of thisAugustinerkirche church. Buried in tomb 112 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|29|Archduchess Caroline Ludovika Leopoldine (Vienna
9 December 1795 - Schloß Hetzendorf30 June 1799 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Fourth daughter of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Maria Theresia.bioxref|35 Buried in tomb 87 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|30|Archduke Maximilian Franz (
8 December 1756 -26 July 1801 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Youngest son of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 Archbishop of Cologne. Buried in tomb 118 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|31|Archduchess Karoline Ferdinanda (1793 - 1802)|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Daughter of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Maria Theresia.bioxref|35 Buried in tomb 79 in the Imperial Crypt.
*biohead|32|Grand Duchess Luisa Maria (Naples
27 July 1773 - Vienna19 September 1802 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Daughter of Queen Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily.bioxref|38 First wife (1790 ) ofFerdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany . →Family Tree Buried in tomb 84 in the Imperial Crypt.In the lower row "(from left to right)":
*biohead|33|Marie Amalie Josepha Johanna Antonie (Vienna
26 February 1746 - Prague18 June 1804 ) Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 Buried inSt. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.*biohead|34|Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus (
1 June 1754 -24 December 1806 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Fourth son of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 105 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|35|Empress Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily (Naples
6 June 1772 - Vienna13 April 1807 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Second wife (1790 ) at age 18 of Emperor Franz II.bioxref|43 Buried in tomb 60 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|36|Archduke Joseph Franz Leopold (Vienna
9 April 1799 - Laxenburg30 June 1807 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Second son of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Empress Maria Theresia Carolina.bioxref|35 Buried in tomb 69 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|37|Archduke Johann Nepomuk Karl (Vienna
29 August 1805 - Vienna19 February 1809 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Fourth son of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Empress Maria Theresia Carolina.bioxref|35 Buried in tomb 71 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|38|Queen
Maria Karolina of Naples and Sicily 1752 -1814 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia.bioxref|21 Buried in tomb 107 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|39|Empress
Archduchess Maria Ludowika of Austria-Este (Monza14 December 1787 - Verona7 April 1816 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Third wife (1808 ) at age 20 of 40-year old cousin Emperor Franz II.bioxref|43 Buried in tomb 58 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|40|Duke
Albert of Saxony-Teschen (11 July 1738 -10 February 1822 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Husband of Archduchess Maria Christina.bioxref|28 Buried in tomb 111 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|41|Archduke Rudolph Franz (
1822 -1822 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Infant son of Archduke Karl.bioxref|45 Buried in tomb 125 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|42|Prince
Napoleon II of France (1811 -1832 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Son ofNapoléon Bonaparte and Empress Maria Louise (daughter of Emperor Franz II.bioxref|43) Buried inLes Invalides inParis .*biohead|43|Emperor Franz II (Florence
12 February 1768 - Vienna 2 March1835 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Eldest son of Emperor Leopold II.bioxref|23 →Family Tree Buried in tomb 57 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|44|Archduke Anton Viktor (
31 August 1779 -2 April 1835 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Eighth son of Emperor Leopold II.bioxref|23 Last Grand Master of the Order of Teutonic Knights before Napoleon suppressed it outside of the Habsburg lands. Buried in tomb 103 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|45|Archduke Karl "the victor of Aspern" (
1771 -1847 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Duke of Teschen, third son of Emperor Leopold II.bioxref|23 Adopted son of his aunt Archduchess Maria Christina.bioxref|28 and Albert of Saxony-Teschenbioxref|40. Buried in tomb 122 of the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|46|Archduke
Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este (1781 -1850 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartMTheresia56 Son of Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton.bioxref|34 Buried in tomb 102 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|47|Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria-Teschen (Groß-Seelowitz
5 March 1855 - Groß-Seelowitz13 March 1855 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Infant first son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand. Buried in tomb 68 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|48|Archduchess Marie Anne (Vienna
8 June 1804 - Baden bei Wien28 December 1858 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Unmarried 54-year old daughter of Emperor Franz IIbioxref|43 and Maria Theresia Carolina.bioxref|36 Buried in tomb 82 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|49|Archduchess
Hildegard of Bavaria (10 June 1825 -2 April 1864 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Wife of Archduke Albrecht. Buried in tomb 129 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|50|Archduke Ludwig Joseph (
13 December 1784 -21 December 1864 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Eleventh son of Emperor Leopold II.bioxref|23 Buried in tomb 104 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|51|Grand Duchess
Maria Anna of Saxony (Dresden27 April 1796 - Schloß Brandeis, Bohemia3 January 1865 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartTuscan Second wife (1821 ) of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Buried in tomb 86 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|52|Archduchess
Mathilde of Austria-Teschen (25 January 1849 -6 June 1867 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartLeopold113 Daughter of Archduke Albrecht. Buried in tomb 130 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|53|Emperor
Ferdinand I of Austria (1793 - 1875)|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Son of Emperor Franz II.bioxref|43 Buried in tomb 62 in the Imperial Crypt.*biohead|54|Archduke Franz Karl (
1802 -1878 )|Imperial Crypt#ZegelChartFranz57 Third son of Emperor Franz II.bioxref|43 and father of Emperor Franz Josef. Buried in tomb 135 in the Imperial Crypt.ee also
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Imperial Crypt for the traditional burial place of the Habsburg bodies.
*Ducal Crypt for the traditional burial place of the Habsburg viscera.External links
* [http://www.augustinerkirche.at/augustinus_herzgruft.php Official Website] (in German)
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