Peter Leopold Johannes Anton Joachim Gotthard was born in 1747 as the ninth child of Queen Maria Theresia and her husband Franz Stephan. He received the name Peter, which was very unusual for the Hapsburgs, at the desire of his godmother Elisabeth, Empress of Russia. In 1765, he not only married the Spanish princess Maria Ludovica, but also became the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Leopold, having a good education, enacted multiple reforms and leaded the country out of misery into prosperity. In 1790, his older brother, Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor, died surprisingly at the age of 48, he succeeded his brother and became himself the Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of all Hapsburg territories. However, two years later he died and was succeeded by his son Franz. His wife Maria Ludovica, with whom he had 16 children, only outlived him by two months. They left behind many under-age children, who then were raised by relatives.
Their children:
Maria Theresia Josepha Charlotte Johanna
married in 1787 Anton of Saxony; had four children who all died in their infancy
Franz Joseph Karl
known as Franz II ,Holy Roman Emperor; married four times and had 13 children
Ferdinand Joseph Johann Babtist
Franz I as a child
known as Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany; married two times and had 6 children.
Maria Anna Ferdinanda Leopoldine Charlotte Josepha
was an abbess of a female monastery in Prague
Carl Ludwig Johann Joseph Laurentius
known as Duke of Teschen, married Henriette Alexandrine princess of Nassau-Weilburg; they had 7 children
Alexander Leopold Johann Joseph Eusebius
died in an accident at the age of 22
Albrecht Johann Joseph
died shortly after his birth
Maximilian Johann Joseph
died at the age of 4
Joseph Anton Johann Baptist
married three times and had 8 children
Maria Klementina Josepha Johanna Fidelis
married Francesco of Sicily; died at the age of 24 at the birth of her second child
Anton Viktor Joseph Johann Raimund
never married
Maria Amalia Josepha Johanna Katharina Theresia
died at the age of 18
Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian
married against the will of his family the non-aristocratic Anna Plochl, who was the daughter of a local postmaster; had one son named Franz; there is also a movie based on the love story of archduke Johann and Anna Plochl
Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus
married Maria Elisabeth of Savoyen-Carignan and had 8 children
Ludwig Joseph Anton
died unmarried and without issues
Rudolf Johann Joseph Rainer
was archbishop of Olmütz
