Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867)
Maria Theresia Isabella , Archduchess of Austria, (born July 31, 1816 in Vienna , Austria ; † August 8, 1867 in Albano Laziale , Italy ) was queen of the two Sicilies by marriage .
Life
Maria Theresia Isabella was the daughter of Archduke Karl of Austria-Teschen and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg . This made her a granddaughter of Emperor Leopold II on her father's side .
She grew up as the oldest of six siblings on the Weilburg in Baden (Lower Austria). When her mother died in 1829, when she was 13 at the time, she took over her role.
From 1834 to 1835, at the age of 18, she was abbess of the Theresian Ladies' Foundation in Prague for two years .
At the age of 20, Maria Theresa married on January 27, 1837 in Naples the 27-year-old widowed Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, son of Francis I of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, and Maria Isabel de Borbón , Infanta of Spain.
In 1859 the mother of twelve became widowed and her stepson Francis II of Naples Sicily took office. In 1860 the royal family had to flee to Rome. She died on August 8, 1867 at the age of 51 in Albano Laziale , near Rome .
Half-orphan Maria Theresa with her father and siblings in front of Weilburg Castle near Baden, around 1832
Weilburg Castle (Baden) , 1888
Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies
Maria Theresa as queen
Royal Palace of Caserta
Basilica Santa Chiara (Naples) , tomb of the royal family of the two Sicilies
progeny
- Louis of Naples and Sicily (1838–1886)
- Albert of Naples and Sicily (1839–1844)
- Alfons Maria Giuseppe of Naples and Sicily (1841–1934)
- Maria Annunziata of Naples and Sicily (1843–1871)
- Maria Immaculata of Naples and Sicily (1844–1899)
- Gaetan of Naples and Sicily (1846–1871)
- Giuseppe of Naples and Sicily (1848-1851)
- Maria Pia of Naples and Sicily (1849-1882)
- Vincenzo of Naples and Sicily (1851-1854)
- Pascal of Naples-Sicily (1852-1904)
- Maria Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1855–1874)
- Gennaro of Naples and Sicily (1857–1867)
ancestors
| Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) | |||||||||||||
| Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Theresa of Austria (1717–1780) | |||||||||||||
| Karl of Austria-Teschen (1771–1847) | |||||||||||||
| Charles III King of Spain (1716–1788) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Ludovica of Spain (1745–1792) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724–1760) | |||||||||||||
| Maria Theresa of Austria (1816–1867) | |||||||||||||
| Karl Christian von Nassau-Weilburg (1735–1788) | |||||||||||||
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Orange-Nassau-Diez (1743–1787) | |||||||||||||
| Henriette Alexandrine of Nassau-Weilburg (1797–1829) | |||||||||||||
| Georg Wilhelm von Kirchberg zu Sayn-Hachenburg (1751–1777) | |||||||||||||
| Luise von Kirchberg zu Sayn-Hachenburg (1772–1827) | |||||||||||||
| Isabella Auguste Reuss zu Greiz (1752–1824) | |||||||||||||
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Maria Theresa (Queen of both Sicilies) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1861, p. 83 ( digitized version ).
Web links
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Christina of Savoy | Queen of the Two Sicilies 1837–1859 |
Marie in Bavaria |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Theresa of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Theresa Isabella Archduchess of Austria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1867 |
| Place of death | Albano Laziale , Italy |