Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756–1805)

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Countess Marie Therese in 1775
Grave of Maria Theresa of Savoy in Graz
With children, 1783, by Charles Leclercq. Château de Versailles

Maria Theresa of Savoy , it. Maria Teresa, French Marie Thérèse (born January 31, 1756 in Turin , † June 2, 1805 in Graz ) was a princess of Sardinia from the House of Savoy . She was the wife of the Count of Artois, who later became King of France as Charles X.

Life

She was born in Turin as the daughter of King Viktor Amadeus III. of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy, and his wife Maria Antonia of Spain .

On November 16, 1773, Maria Theresa married Charles-Philippe, the Count of Artois, a grandson of the French King Louis XV. and brother of Louis XVI. who only became the penultimate French king under the name of Charles X after her death and after the First Napoleonic Empire . Two and a half years earlier, her sister Maria Josepha had his older brother Louis of Provence, who later became King Louis XVIII. got married.

Neither of them met with much interest in the marriage: Charles actually wanted the Princess of Condé and also had a close relationship with his sister-in-law Marie Antoinette of Austria . Maria Theresa was one of the most unpopular people at the French royal court.

In the turmoil of the French Revolution she had to flee France with her husband in 1789 and lived in exile in Graz for 16 years until her death. Since she died before her husband became king, she was buried in the Emperor's mausoleum next to the Graz Cathedral with her title Countess von Artois .

progeny

The couple had four children, the last direct descendants of the French Bourbons:

  1. Louis Antoine d'Artois, Duke of Angoulême (* August 6, 1775 - June 3, 1844): ⚭ 1799 Princess Marie Therese of France , daughter of King Louis XVI.
  2. Sophie d'Artois (August 5, 1776 - December 5, 1783)
  3. Charles Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke of Berry (* January 24, 1778 - February 14, 1820): ⚭ 1816 Princess Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily
  4. Marie Thérèse d'Artois (6 January 1783 - 22 June 1783).

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personal data
SURNAME Maria Theresa of Savoy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria Theresa of Sardinia-Piedmont and Savoy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Countess of Artois; Wife of the future French king Charles X.
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Turin
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1805
Place of death Graz