Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily

Infobox Austrian Royalty|empress|consort
name = Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily
title =Empress and Archduchess consort of Austria
Queen consort of Hungary, Croatia, Slavonia, Italy, and Bohemia


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reign =1 March 1792 - 2 March 1807
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full name =Maria Teresa Carolina Josephine
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spouse = Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
issue = Marie Louise, Empress of the French
Ferdinand
Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil
Archduchess Clementina, Princess of Salerno
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
royal house =House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
titles ="HI&RM" The Empress of Austria
"HI&RM" The Holy Roman Empress
"HI&RH" Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria
"HRH" Princess Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily
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father =Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily
mother =Maria Carolina of Austria
date of birth =birth date|1768|02|12|df=y
place of birth =Cascais
date of death =death date and age|1807|04|13|1768|02|12|df=y
place of death =Vienna
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Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily (6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807) was the eldest daughter of Ferdinand IV & III of Naples and Sicily (later Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies) (1751-1825) and his wife, Marie Caroline of Austria (1752-1814).

Biography

On September 15, 1790 she married her double first cousin Archduke Francis of Austria, who would later become Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, and then Francis I, Emperor of Austria.

The marriage is described as a happy one, despite that they were different in personality. She was described an easy going person with a sensual appearance. She loved masquerades and carnevales, and paticipated in all balls even when she was pregnant. She did have some politicall influence, as she was interested in politics. She gave her husband advice and is believed to have been partially responisble for the dismissal of Johann Baptist Freiherr von Schloißnigg and Grafen Franz Colloredo; she was also critical of Napoleon and encourraged her husband to the wars against France.

An important patron of the vienneese music life, she commisioned large amounts of music for official and private use. Joseph Haydn wrote his Te Deum piece for chorus and orchestra at her request. He also composed numerous masses to celebrate her rule. Her favourite composers included Paul Wranitzky (symphonies) and Joseph Leopold Eybler (church music).

Her children with Francis:

Ancestry

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1= 1. Maria Teresa of Naples and Sicily
2= 2. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
3= 3. Maria Carolina of Austria
4= 4. Charles III of Spain
5= 5. Maria Amalia of Saxony
6= 6. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
7= 7. Maria Theresa of Austria
8= 8. Philip V of Spain
9= 9. Elisabeth of Parma
10= 10. Augustus III of Poland
11= 11. Maria Josepha of Austria
12= 12. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
13= 13. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans
14= 14. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
15= 15. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
16= 16. Louis, Dauphin of France
17= 17. Duchess Maria Anna of Bavaria
18= 18. Odoardo II Farnese
19= 19. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
20= 20. Augustus II of Poland
21= 21. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
22= 22. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor
23= 23. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick
24= 24. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
25= 25. Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria
26= 26. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
27= 27. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate
28= 28. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
29= 29. Eleonor Magdalene of the Palatinate
30= 30. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
31= 31. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen

References

* "This article is based on its equivalent on German Wikipedia"

Literature

* Richard Reifenscheid, Die Habsburger in Lebensbildern, Piper 2006
* John A. Rice, Empress Marie Therese and Music at the Viennese Court, 1792-1807, Cambridge 2003

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External links

* http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/gotha.htm