Imperial Crypt - Persons Buried Here

Persons Buried Here

The bodies of 145 persons (mainly members of the ruling line of the House of Habsburg and the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine), plus urns containing the hearts or cremated remains of four others, are deposited in one of the ten interconnected Vaults of the Imperial Crypt. They include 12 Emperors and 18 Empresses. The most recent entombment, that of Archduke Otto,₁₅₀ and his wife Archduchess Regina, was on 16 July 2011.

From other families there are 32 spouses, plus four others,_{15 41 47 117} who have found their resting place here.

The oldest person entombed here is Archduke Otto₁₅₀, aged 98 years and 7 months. The next oldest is his mother, Zita of Bourbon-Parma₁₄₇, the last Austrian empress, at 97 years. Several died at birth and over 25% of those entombed here were five-years of age or less when they died.

Emperors buried here:

1. Emperor Matthias₂
2. Emperor Ferdinand III₂₇
3. Emperor Leopold I₃₇
4. Emperor Joseph I₃₅
5. Emperor Charles VI₄₀
6. Emperor Francis I Stephen,₅₅ consort of Maria Theresa₅₆
7. Emperor Joseph II₄₂
8. Emperor Leopold II₁₁₃
9. Emperor Francis II₅₇
10. Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria₆₂
11. Archduke Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico₁₂₆
12. Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria₁₄₂

Empresses buried here:

1. Anna,₁ consort of Emperor Mathias₂
2. Maria Anna,₂₂ consort of Emperor Ferdinand III₂₇
3. Eleonora Magdalena,₁₉ consort of Emperor Ferdinand III₂₇
4. Maria Leopoldina,₂₁ consort of Emperor Ferdinand III₂₇
5. Margaret Theresa,₂₀ consort of Emperor Leopold I₃₇
6. Eleonora Magdalena,₃₂ consort of Emperor Leopold I₃₇
7. Elisabeth Christina,₃₆ consort of Emperor Karl VI₄₀
8. Maria Theresa,₅₆
9. Maria Josepha,₄₉ consort of Emperor Joseph II₄₂
10. Isabella Maria,₅₀ consort of Emperor Joseph II₄₂
11. Elisabeth Wilhelmine,₅₉ consort of Emperor Francis II₅₇
12. Maria Teresa Carolina₆₀ consort of Emperor Franci II₅₇
13. Maria Ludowika,₅₈ consort of Emperor Francis II₅₇
14. Karolina Augusta,₆₁ consort of Emperor Francis II₅₇
15. Archduchess Maria Louise, Empress of France₁₂₇
16. Maria Anna,₆₃ consort of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria₆₂
17. Elisabeth,₁₄₃ consort of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria₁₄₂
18. Zita,₁₄₇ consort of Emperor Charles of Austria_x887

(Also, the hearts of Empresses Claudia Felicitas₂₄ and Amalie Wilhelmine₃₄ are here, but their bodies are buried elsewhere.)

All 146 persons buried here (in whole or in part) are shown on the directory charts below, together with links to a detailed text listing. For ease of use, they show the Habsburg family buried here as family trees based upon lines of descent.

• Go directly to family of the Founders (c. 1450 - c. 1650)
• Go directly to descendents of Emperor Ferdinand III (c. 1600 - c. 1750)
• Go directly to descendents of Empress Maria Theresa (c. 1725 - c. 1875)
• Go directly to descendents of Emperor Leopold II (c. 1750 - c. 1900)
• Go directly to descendents of Emperor Francis II (c. 1775 - end of the monarchy)
• Go directly to descendents of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany (c. 1775 - c. 1900).