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• Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II of   b. May 5, 1747  d. March 1, 1792
  Austrian Monarch. From 1765 to 1790 he ruled the grand duchy of Tuscany where his constitutional reforms removed restrictions on industry and personal freedoms imposed by his Medici predecessors. These acts, which included a system of rational taxation and profitable public works, earned him the reputation of an "exemplar of democracy." By contrast, his short reign as Emperor, from 1790 to 1792, was over shadowed by revolutionary unrest in France, aggression by both Prussia and Russia and...[Read More] (Bio by: Samuel Taylor Geer)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: His heart is in urn 23 in the Herzgruft in the Augustinerkirche and he is buried in tomb 113 in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche.
   
• Cuspinian, Johannes    b. 1473  d. April 19, 1529
  Humanist, poet, and counsellor of the Emperor Maximilian, who made him curator of the University in vienna. The monument shows him with his two wives and eight children. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Next to Chapel of the Cross
   
• Fabri, Johann    b. 1478  d. May 21, 1541
  Roman Catholic Religious Figure. Bishop of Vienna; at his wish he was buried at the foot of the steps leading to the pulpit in the Cathedral. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Ferdinand III [entrails]    b. July 13, 1608  d. April 2, 1657
  Holy Roman Emperor. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia from 1636 to 1657. (Bio by: Geoff Walden)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Friedrich III (Habsburg)    b. 1415  d. August 18, 1493
  Austrian Monarch. Successful in his long life as Austrian Emperor, although more devoted to the sciences and arts than to warfare. His devotion to organising dynastic marriages of his relatives to other royal families was shrewd, His magnificent monument was commissioned by him in 1463 but was not completed until well after his death. It bears his motto 'AEIOU' - there is still dispute as to exactly what these letters stand for. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: stroke, following amputation of a leg
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Apostle's Nave
   
• Fux, Johann Joseph   b. 1660  d. February 13, 1741
  Austrian Composer and Theorist. He held many important posts in the Viennese Court and in 1715 was appointed Imperial Kappellmeister by Emperor Charles VI. Fux's many religious works are seldom performed today, his operas not at all. But his treatise on counterpoint, "Gradus ad Parnassum" (1725), is still a standard musical text. It was studied by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms, and famously mocked by Debussy in his piano suite, "Children's Corner." (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Gonzaga, Eleonora  b. September 23, 1598  d. June 27, 1655
  Hungarian Royalty. Youngest daughter of Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat and Eleonore de Medici. She married the widowed Ferdinand II in 1622 in Innsbruck. In the summer of the same year she was crowned queen of Hungary at St Martin's Cathedral in...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Gruscha, Anton Josef    b. November 3, 1820  d. August 15, 1911
  Religious Leader. A native of Vienna, he received the insignias of the clerical character and the minor orders, on October 31, 1839, those of subdiaconate, on July 9, 1842 and those of diaconate, on July 15, 1842. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Vienna, on July 31, 1849. He was ordained priest, on May 4, 1843. In the archdiocese of Vienna, he served as cooperator for many years in Pillichsdorf and in the parish of Sankt Leopold. He taught religion in the gymnasium...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Habsburg, Ferdinand Maximilian [entrails]    b. July 6, 1832  d. June 19, 1867
  [Heart Only] Emperor of Mexico. Brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (q.v.). Executed by revolutionaries under Benito Juarez. (Bio by: Geoff Walden)
  Cause of death: executed by firing squad
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Habsburg I., Leopold  
  [Heart Only] Famous Habsburg ruler.
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Habsburg, Maria Theresia [entrails]   b. March 20, 1762  d. January 24, 1770
  Only child surviving birth of Emperor Joseph II and Isabella of Parma. After Isabella's death, Emperor Joseph lavished attention on Maria Theresia, but she died suddenly in her eighth year. (Bio by: Geoff Walden)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Habsburg Entrails
  The entrails of the Habsburg Emperors were buried separately from their bodies from 1600 to 1872. The bodies were buried in the Kaisergruft (Imperial Crypt) of the Capuchin Church, their hearts were buried in urns in the Augustiner Church crypt, and their entrails were buried in copper urns in the crypt of St. Stephen's Cathedral. These copper urns contain the entrails of such famous Habsburg rulers as Ferdinand III, Leopold I, Karl VI, Maria Theresa, Maximilian.
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Crypt
   
• Innitzer, Theodor    b. December 25, 1875  d. October 9, 1955
  Religious Leader. A native of Wipert, near Prague (formerly in the Austria-Hungary Empire), he studied at the University of Vienna. He was ordained priest, on July 25, 1902, in Vienna. From 1902 to 1913, he did pastoral work in the archdiocese of Vienna.. From 1913 to 1932, he was a Faculty member of the University of Vienna and acted as secretary of Leo-Gessellschaft, a Catholic cultural society. In 1923, he was named Apostolic visitor to the Barnabites of Austria. In 1929 and 1930, Chancelor...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Karl VI (Charles III) [entrails]   b. October 1, 1685  d. October 20, 1740
  [Heart Only] Austrian Monarch. King of Austria from 1711 to 1740, and King of Spain (as Charles III). Married to Elizabeth Christine, their daughter Maria Theresa was the first ruling Habsburg Empress. Karl VI changed the custom so that his daughter could succeed him. (Bio by: Geoff Walden)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• Katharina of Bohemia   b. August, 1342  d. April 26, 1395
  Royalty. Also known as Katharine of Luxembourg. She was born as the second daughter of Karl IV and his first wife Blanche de Valois in Prague. When she was ten years old she was married to Duke Rudolf. After his death in 1365 she returned to Prague where her father...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Crypt
   
• Klesl, Melchior    d. 1630
  Cardinal of the Catholic Church. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Women's Choir
   
• Kollonitsch, Count    b. May 29, 1677  d. April 12, 1751
  Fist Archbishop of Vienna, 1722. Became Cardinal, 1727. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Women
   
• Kutschker, Johannes Baptiste    b. April 11, 1810  d. January 27, 1881
  Religious Leader. A native of Wiese (now Loucky), near Olomouc in the formerly Autria-Hungary Empire. He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Vienna. He was ordained priest, on April 21, 1833, in Vienna. In the archdiocese of Olomouc, he worked as professor of moral theology of its university for seventeen years. He served also as counselor and secretary to the archbishop and as consistorial chancellor. He was named pastor of the royal and imperial palace. He was appointed...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   
• König, Franz Cardinal    b. August 3, 1905  d. March 13, 2004
  Roman Catholic Cardinal. He was the last surviving Cardinal to have been elevated to that rank by Pope John XXIII. He was considered an enlightened Archbishop for opening dialogues with members of other faiths, and with political figures. He participated in three papal elections (Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II). He is thought to have been a driving force in the nomination and election of John Paul II. From 1956 to 1985, Cardinal König served as the Archbishop of Vienna. He was...[Read More] (Bio by: Jesse)
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
  Plot: Bishops Crypt
   
• Maria Theresia [entrails]   b. May 13, 1717  d. November 29, 1780
  Austrian Monarch. Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, she had 16 children with her husband, Franz I Stefan.
  Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Vienna (Wien), Austria
   

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