Maria Theresa of Austria | |||||
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Tenure | 27 January 1837 – 22 May 1859 | ||||
Born | Vienna, Austrian Empire | 31 July 1816||||
Died | 8 August 1867 Albano Laziale, Papal States | (aged 51)||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen | ||||
Mother | Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg |
Maria Theresa of Austria (31 July 1816 – 8 August 1867) was the second wife of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, making her Queen of the Two Sicilies. She was the eldest daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg.
Maria Theresa was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter of the Castle of Prague (1834–1835).[1]
Her paternal grandparents were Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Luisa of Spain. Her maternal grandparents were Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg.