Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria

Maria Clementina of Austria
Duchess of Calabria[1]
Portrait by Joseph Hickel, 1796
Born(1777-04-24)24 April 1777
Villa del Poggio Imperiale, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died15 November 1801(1801-11-15) (aged 24)
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1797)
Issue
Names
Marie Klementine Josepha Johanna Fidelis
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherLeopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Luisa of Spain

Maria Clementina of Austria (24 April 1777 – 15 November 1801) was an Austrian archduchess and the tenth child and third daughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Luisa of Spain. In 1797 she married her double first cousin Prince Francis, Duke of Calabria, heir to the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. She was modest, well educated and kind, becoming popular in her adoptive country.[2] Afflicted with frail health, she died of tuberculosis, age twenty four. Her only surviving child was Princess Caroline, Duchess of Berry.

  1. ^ Acton, The Bourbons of Naples, p. 302
  2. ^ Acton, The Bourbons of Naples, p. 463