Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne

Maria Henriette
Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach Margravine of Bergen op Zoom
Spouse	Count Palatine John Christian of Sulzbach
Detail Issue
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Full name
Maria Anna Henriette Leopoldine
Father	François Egon de La Tour d'Auvergne
Mother	Maria Anne de Ligne d'Arenberg
Born	24 November 1708(1708-11-24) France[1]
Died	28 July 1728(1728-07-28) (aged 19) Hilpoltstein, Germany

Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne (Maria Anna Henriette Leopoldine; 24 October 1708 – 28 July 1728) was a noblewoman born into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Margravine of Bergen op Zoom in her own right from 1710 at the death of her father. She was the mother of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.

Biography

Born in France, she was the daughter of François-Egon de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Maria Anne de Ligne, daughter of Philippe Charles de Ligne d'Arenberg, Duke of Arenberg.^[2] As a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, she was entitled to the style of Her Highness as she was a male line descendant of the family.^[3]

She was her parents only child.

Through her father, her cousins included Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, princesse de Soubise, wife of the Maréchal de Soubise; the Duke of Bouillon. Her sister in law was Anne Christine Louise of Bavaria, the Princess of Piedmont and wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont.

On 15 February 1722^[2] she married Count Palatine John Christian of Sulzbach, the son of Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and his wife Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rothenburg. The couple had two children a son in 1724 and a daughter in 1728. She died at Hilpoltstein at the age of 19 a month after the death of her daughter.^[2]

In 1731, four years after her death, her husband married Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg a daughter of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. The couple had no children.

She has descendants only through her sons illegitimate issue including the Polish Counts Raczynski.

Issue

• Count Palatine Charles Philip Theodore of Sulzbach^[2] (11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) married Countess Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach, no issue; married again to Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, no issue. Only illegitimate descendants exist.
• Countess Palatine Marie Anne Louise Henriette of Sulzbach^[2] (20 May 1728 – 25 June 1728) died in infancy

Ancestry

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 24 October 1708 – 26 July 1710 Her Highness Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne
• 26 July 1710 - 15 February 1722 Her Highness The Margravine of Bergen op Zoom
• 15 February 1722 – 28 July 1728 Her Serene Highness Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach

References and notes

1. ^ "Maria Henriette Leopoldine de La Tour d'Auvergne". dinastias.com. http://www.dinastias.com/cgi-bin/gwd.exe?b=dinastias;lang=en;i=40190. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} van de Pas, Leo. "Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne". Genealogics .org. http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00022586&tree=LEO. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
3. ^ The La Tour d'Auvergne's were the rulers of the Duchy of Bouillon and Principality of Sedan

See also

Persondata
Name	Dauvergne, Maria Henriette De La Tour
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	24 November 1708
Place of birth	France
Date of death	28 July 1728
Place of death	Hilpoltstein, Germany