After the failed marriage, she lived a life of seclusion and remained unmarried and died without issue. She had a close relationship to her niece Maria Theresa, the daughter of her brother Emperor Charles VI and future Empress and also with her sister Archduchess Maria Anna.
Following her divorce, she chose to live a solitary life and never remarried.  She passed away childless but maintained close relationships with her niece, Maria Theresa, the daughter of her brother Emperor Charles VI, who would later become Empress, and her sister Archduchess Maria Anna.