Maria Theresa of Austria (1767-1827)
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Maria Theresia Josepha Charlotte Johanna of Austria (born January 14, 1767 in Florence , † November 7, 1827 in Leipzig ) was Archduchess of Austria and, by marriage, Queen of Saxony .
Life
Maria Theresia was born as the eldest daughter of Leopold, Grand Duke of Tuscany , later Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) from his marriage to Maria Ludovica (1745–1792), daughter of the Spanish King Charles III. and the Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony . It was named after her grandmother Maria Theresia .
She married by procura on September 8, 1787 in Florence, personally on October 18, 1787 in Dresden, Prince Anton of Saxony (1755-1836), son of Elector Friedrich Christian of Saxony and Princess Maria Antonia of Bavaria . This was the nephew of her mother Maria Amalia von Sachsen. On the occasion of the marriage it was planned to premiere Mozart's opera Don Giovanni on October 14th in Prague, where Maria Theresa stopped on her journey from Florence to Dresden, but it was not possible to keep this date.
The couple lived in seclusion at the court of Anton's brother Friedrich August I in Dresden. Maria Theresa was the bearer of the Star Cross .
Queen Maria Theresa died after a brief illness on November 7th, 1827, only six months after her husband had succeeded her to the throne as King of Saxony, at the age of 60 in Leipzig, where the couple were on their journey of homage through the kingdom. The four children in their marriage died in infancy. Maria Theresa was buried in the Wettiner crypt under the north-west nave of the Dresden court church.
children
- Maria Louise (March 14, 1795 - April 25, 1796)
- Friedrich August (* / † April 5, 1796)
- Maria Johanna (April 5, 1798 - October 30, 1799)
- Maria Theresa (* / † October 15, 1799)
ancestors
| Pedigree of Maria Theresa of Austria | ||||||||
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| Great-great-grandparents |
Duke |
Philip I of Bourbon (1640–1701) |
Emperor |
Duke |
Louis of France (1661–1711) |
Odoardo II. Farnese (1666–1693) |
King |
Emperor |
| Great grandparents |
Duke Leopold Joseph of Lorraine (1679–1729) |
Emperor Charles VI. (1685–1740) |
King Philip V (1683–1746) |
King August III. (1696–1763) |
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| Grandparents |
Emperor Franz I Stephan (1708–1765) |
King Charles III (1716–1788) |
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| parents |
Emperor Leopold II (1747–1792) |
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Maria Theresa of Austria |
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literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Habsburg, Maria Theresia (Queen of Saxony) . No. 253. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1861, p. 82 ( digitized version ).
- Franz Otto Stichart: The Kingdom of Saxony and its princes , CL Hirschfeld, 1854, p. 291 f.
Web links
- Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria on thepeerage.com , accessed on September 11, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elisabeth Heidecker: Mozarts'don Giovanni 'and his romantic interpretation using the example of Hoffmann and Kierkegaard , GRIN Verlag, 2009, p. 13
- ↑ Austria: Austrian universal calendar , Klang, 1852, p. 76 digitized
- ^ Richard Reifenscheid: The Habsburgs in Life Pictures: from Rudolf I to Karl I , Styria, 1982, p. 266
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Amalie von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
Queen of Saxony 1827 |
Maria Anna of Bavaria |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maria Theresa of Austria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maria Theresia Josepha Charlotte Johanna |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Saxony |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1827 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |