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Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Maria Antonia was the fifteenth child, eleventh and last daughter, of Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa. Of the names given at her christening, Maria honored the Virgin Mary; Antonia honored Saint Anthony of Padua; Josefa honored her elder brother, Archduke Josef; and Johanna honored Saint John the Evangelist.[citation needed] The court official described the baby as "a small, but completely healthy Archduchess."[citation needed] Maria's siblings included an older sister Maria Carolina, a younger brother Maximilian, and three older brothers Joseph, Leopold and Ferdinand Karl, all of whom had already begun to exert their influence over the Habsburg Empire.
Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Maria Antonia was the fifteenth child, eleventh and last daughter, of Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa.