Maria Josepha of Bavaria
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Maria Josepha of Bavaria was Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Romans, Archduchess of Austria, and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, among other titles, by her marriage to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. By birth, she was a Princess and Duchess of Bavaria as the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, elector of Bavaria, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria.
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, c. 1765
Fête organized to celebrate the marriage of Emperor Joseph II to Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria, as seen in a painting by Georg Weikert, 1765
Portrait of Maria Josepha as Queen (by Martin van Meytens, 1765)
Maria Josepha's tomb in the Imperial Crypt, Vienna
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette, Leopold II, Maria Carolina of Austria and Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma. He was thus the first ruler in the Austrian dominions of the union of the Houses of Habsburg and Lorraine, styled Habsburg-Lorraine.
The arrival of Isabella of Parma on the occasion of her wedding to Joseph II, 1760 (painting by Martin van Meytens)
Fête organized to celebrate the marriage of Emperor Joseph II to Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria. The central figures are the three youngest siblings of Joseph, from left to right Archduke Ferdinand as the groom, Archduke Maximilian Franz as Cupid and Archduchess Marie Antoinette as the bride
Coronation of the Archduke Joseph as King of the Romans in the Imperial Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew in Frankfurt, 3 April, 1764 (painting by Martin van Meytens)
Joseph II (right) with his brother Peter Leopold (by Pompeo Batoni, 1769, Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum)