# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-josepha-of-bavaria
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:48:20.401Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-josepha-of-bavaria"
name: "Maria Josepha of Bavaria"
slug: "maria-josepha-of-bavaria"
description: "She carried two empires in her bloodline and wore a third by marriage, yet died at twenty-eight before her husband took the throne — a duchess of Bavaria who became Holy Roman Empress in title only, her years at court cut short."
tagline: "Holy Roman empress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Josepha_of_Bavaria%2C_Holy_Roman_Empress_by_Martin_van_Meytens.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1739-03-20"
deathDate: "1767-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.45
  momentum:             7.04632929436921
  historical:           22.030488
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "Politics"
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  - name: "Germany"
    slug: "germany"
  - name: "Europe"
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  - name: "Early Modern Era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Xosefa de Baviera"
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    title: "Мария Йозефа Баварска"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Josepa de Baviera"
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    title: "Maria Josepha dari Bayern"
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    title: "マリア・ヨーゼファ・フォン・バイエルン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "მარია იოზეფა ბავარიელი"
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    title: "마리아 요제파 폰 바이에른 공녀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Josepha van Beieren"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Józefa Antonina Wittelsbach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Josefa da Baviera"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maria Josepha de Bavaria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ماريا يوزفا من بافاريا"
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    title: "ماريا يوزفا من بافاريا"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 20 March 1739, Maria Josepha was the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and elector of Bavaria, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria. Her marriage to Joseph II brought her a cascade of titles: Holy Roman Empress, Queen of the Romans, Archduchess of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. But Joseph ruled as co-regent alongside his mother during their marriage, and Maria Josepha never saw him ascend as sole emperor. She died 28 May 1767, twenty-eight years old, her position more genealogical footnote than lived power.