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

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.

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.

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.