Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817–1886)

Maria Theresa Beatrice Gaëtane of Austria -Este (* July 14, 1817 in Modena, † March 25, 1886 in Gorizia ) was an Archduchess of Austria -Este and Princess of Modena and by marriage Duchess of Bordeaux and Countess of Chambord.

Life

Maria Theresa was the oldest daughter of Duke Francis IV of Modena (1779-1846) from his marriage to Maria Beatrix (1792-1840), daughter of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia.

She married on 16 November 1846 in Bruck an der Mur the Bourbons Henri d' Artois ( 1820-1883 ), had the legitimists proclaimed 1830 as " Henry V " to the King of France and of the title of Duke of Bordeaux and Count Chambord led, where he favored the latter. The couple lived all his life in exile on Frohnburg village or in Venice. In 1871, the couple officially renounced to a restitution of the French monarchy.

Maria Theresa's uncle Maximilian Joseph put her to his sole heir. For heritage listed, in addition to 1.7 million guilders, the castles Mitter and Schlossberg Puchheim. The latter was Maria Theresa rebuilt and there set up a girls' school. Your brother Ferdinand she used during his typhoid fever until his death.

Maria Theresa's marriage remained childless, and with the death of her husband went out the main Bourbon line. Your time spent widow Maria Theresa in her exile, the palace of the Count Lantieri Gorizia, where she also died. She was buried at her husband's side in the crypt of the Franciscan monastery Castagnavizza. Maria Theresa was awarded the Star Cross Order.