In the course of their marriage, sixteen children were born to Maria Theresa and Francis Stephan: eleven daughters and five sons. Two daughters died in early childhood, and another immediately after her birth, thus only thirteen were alive by spring 1757. Here is the full list of all the siblings with their familiar nicknames in brackets and ages:
Maria Anna (Marianne), 18; Joseph (Pepi), 16; Maria Christina (Mimi), 15; Maria Elisabeth (Liesl), 13; Karl Joseph, 12; Maria Amalia (Mali), 11; Peter Leopold (Poldl), 10; Maria Johanna (Hannerl), 7; Maria Josepha (Sepherl), 6; Maria Karolina (Charlotte), 4; Ferdinand (Ferdl), 2; Maria Antonia (Toni), 1; Maximilian Franz (Max), 5 months.
Not all of them came of age; though, at the time of the narrative, these future family tragedies are as yet unknown. Two of the brothers, Joseph and Leopold, became the Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. The most famous of the siblings is no doubt Antonia, or Marie Antoinette Queen of France, who was sentenced to death by guillotine during the French Revolution.
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