Princess Maria Theresa of Savoy

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, the French king was later identified as Charles X..

Life

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

Maria Theresa was married on November 16, 1773 Charles -Philippe, Count of Artois, a grandson of the French King Louis XV. and brother of Louis XVI. , who was only after her death, and after the First Napoleonic Empire penultimate under the name of Charles X French king. Her sister, Maria Josepha had two and a half years before his older brother Louis of Provence, the future King Louis XVIII. married.

The marriage was met with both at no great interest: Charles wanted the Princess of Condé and also had an intimate relationship with his sister Marie Antoinette of Austria. Maria Theresa was one of the most unpopular people in the French royal court.

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

Progeny

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

• Louis -Antoine de Bourbon, duc d' Angoulême ( born August 6 1775 † June 3, 1844 )

• Sophie ( * August 5, 1776; † December 5, 1783 )
• Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, duc de Berry ( * January 24, 1778, † February 14, 1820 )

• Marie -Thérèse (* January 6, 1783, † June 22, 1783 ).

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• Spouse of a famous person
• House of Savoy
• Born in 1756
• Died in 1805
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