Archduchess Maria Anna
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Archduchess Maria Anna (October 6, 1738 – November 19, 1789) was the second and eldest surviving daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria. She was heiress presumptive between 1740 and 1741, until her brother Joseph (later Joseph II) was born. One of her siblings was Marie Antoinette.
Maria Anna was intelligent but crippled. Unable to find a royal husband, she was made Abbess of the Imperial and Royal Convent for noble ladies in Prague with the promise of 80,000 florins per year. Later, she gave up the Prague position and became Abbess of Klagenfurt with a smaller provision.