page_title: Ducal Crypt, Vienna
section_title: List of persons buried in the Ducal Crypt
hierarchical_section_title: Ducal Crypt, Vienna / List of persons buried in the Ducal Crypt
context_page_description: The Ducal Crypt is a burial chamber beneath the chancel of Stephansdom in Vienna, Austria. It holds 78 containers with the bodies, hearts, or viscera of 72 members of the House of Habsburg.
context_section_description: The Ducal Crypt shelters the bodies of:
  1 King Frederick III of the Romans (1286–1330)
   "the handsome" son of King Albert I, father of Duke Albert II and grandfather of Duke Rudolf IV. His remains were moved here in 1782 when the Carthusian monastery he founded at Mauerbach, his original burial place, was closed during the anti-clerical reforms of Emperor Joseph II "Sunny".
  2 Duke Friedrich (1347–1362)
  , second son of Duke Albert II and the 15-year-old brother of Rudolf IV.
  3 Duke Rudolf IV (1339–1365)
   "the founder," eldest son of Duke Albert II. Rudolf commissioned the present cathedral, and founded the University of Vienna before his death in Milan at age 25. He was originally entombed in S. Giovanni in Concha and later moved to here. The University lays a wreath on his tomb every 12 March to commemorate its founding by him.
  4 Duchess Katharine of Bohemia (19 August 1342 - 26 April 1395)
   wife of Rudolf IV and daughter of Emperor Charles IV. After the death of Rudolf she married Otto V, Duke of Bavaria.
  5 Duke Albert III (1349–1395)
   "with the pigtail," third son of Duke Albert II and younger brother of Rudolf IV. Died at age 46.
  6 Duke Albert IV (1377–1404)
   son of Albert III. Died at age 27.
  7 Duke Wilhelm (1370–1406)
   oldest son of Rudolf IVs youngest brother, Leopold III.
  8 Duke Leopold IV (1371–1411)
   "the fat" younger son of Rudolf IVs youngest brother, Leopold III.
  9 Duke George (1435–1435)
   infant son of Duke Albert V.
  11 Archduke Karl (1565–1566)
   9-month-old son of Emperor Maximilian II.
  12 Archduke Ferdinand (1551–1552)
   15-month-old son of Emperor Maximilian II.
  13 Archduchess Maria (1564–1564)
   one-month-old daughter of Emperor Maximilian II.
  14 Queen Elisabeth (1554–1592)
   Widow of King Charles IX of France and daughter of Emperor Maximilian II. In 1782 her body was moved here from the convent she had founded.
  15 Duchess Anna (1645–1646) →Family Tree
   young daughter of Duke Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine, a former Cardinal.
  16 Empress Eleanor of Gonzaga (1598–1655)
   second wife of Emperor Ferdinand II. Her remains were moved here in 1782 from the Carmelite convent "Siebenbüchnerinnen" in Vienna that she had founded.
  Gated niches in the original chamber (outside the entrance to the previous chamber) protect 62 copper urns containing the viscera (intestines) of various members of the Habsburg dynasty.
  17 (Viscera of) Empress Anna of Tyrol (4 October 1585–15 December 1618) →Family Tree
   Daughter of Ferdinand II, Duke of Tyrol and wife of her cousin Emperor Matthias who was 28 years older than her. She provided in her will of 1617 for the establishment of a crypt for her and her husband in a Capuchin's Church to be built in Vienna, and died only one year later, at age 33 after seven years of a childless marriage and is buried in tomb 1 in the Imperial Crypt she founded. Her heart is in urn 1 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche.
  18 (Viscera of) Emperor Matthias (1557–1619) →Family Tree
   Third son of Emperor Maximilian II. Once governor of the Austrian Netherlands, he wrested power over Austria, Hungary and Moravia from his inept brother Emperor Rudolf II in 1608 and inherited the rest in 1612. He died, age 62, only three months after his wife Empress Anna. He is buried in tomb 2 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche and his heart is in urn 2 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche.
  19 (Viscera of) Emperor Ferdinand II (1578–1637) →Family Tree
   Eldest son of Archduke Charles II of Styria. He died at age 62. His heart is in urn 3 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in the Grazer Dom, Graz.
  20 (Viscera of) King Ferdinand IV of the Romans (8 September 1633 - 9 July 1654) →Family Tree
   Eldest son of Emperor Ferdinand III. He died two months before his 21st birthday. His heart is in urn 4 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 29 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche. He established the tradition of burial of different parts in three separate Vienna churches.
  21 (Viscera of) Emperor Ferdinand III (13 July 1608 - 2 April 1657) →Family Tree
   Third so
caption: In the Original Crypt, the urns and sarcophagi are shown in disarray in this 1739 engraving. The new chamber was added a dozen years later, connecting through the wall to the left. The cross arrangement engraved in the wall was moved to the new chamber.
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