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Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia; 13 May 1742 – 24 June 1798), was the fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. Married in 1766 to Prince Albert of Saxony , the couple received the Duchy of Teschen , and she was appointed Governor of the Austrian Netherlands jointly ...
The Queen had died just a few months after her marriage with no descendants and negotiations started with the court of Vienna. In August, Alfonso XII traveled to Arcachon, Gironde, with the specific purpose of meeting Archduchess Maria Christina and her mother Archduchess Elisabeth. In this first meeting, the King proposed to her and she accepted.
Archduchess Maria Christina Isabelle Natalie of Austria, [1] full German name: Maria Christina Isabelle Natalie, Erzherzogin von Österreich [citation needed] (17 November 1879, Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austria-Hungary – 6 August 1962, Anholt [1]) was a member of the Teschen branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Bohemia, Hungary, and ...
Maria Theresa and her family celebrating Saint Nicholas, by Archduchess Maria Christina, in 1762 Like all members of the House of Habsburg , Maria Theresa was a Catholic , and a devout one. She believed that religious unity was necessary for a peaceful public life and explicitly rejected the idea of religious toleration .
Her sister-in-law, Archduchess Maria Christina (known as Marie) was Isabella's best friend and only confidante in Vienna. Marie was the third surviving child of the imperial couple, less than five months younger than Isabella, and the favourite child of the Empress. She was intelligent and artistically inclined.
Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Suo jure: Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg-Lorraine) 13 May 1742 7/8 April 1766 24 June 1798 Albert I:
Archduchess Maria may refer to a number of historical noblewomen of Austria: Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742–1798), Archduchess of Austria;
Maria Christina of Austria (10 November 1574 – 6 April 1621), was a Princess of Transylvania by marriage to Sigismund Báthory, and for a period in 1598 elected sovereign Princess regnant of Transylvania.