Marie Caroline was a daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I of Austria after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, and named after an elder sister who had died in infancy.
She belonged to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

She was educated strictly, standing out in drawing, as proven by several sketches and crayons preserved in Austria.
Marie Caroline was a daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I of Austria after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies, and named after an elder sister who had died in infancy. She belonged to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
She was educated strictly, standing out in drawing, as proven by several sketches and crayons preserved in Austria.
Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria