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Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen

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 with her husband during 1781–1789 and 1791–1792. After two expulsions from the Netherlands (in 1789 and 1792), she lived with her husband in Vienna until her death.

Not to be confused with Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria (1574–1621).

Maria Christina

8 April 1766 – 24 June 1798

Joseph II

Albert Casimir

Albert Casimir

29 November 1780 – 1 March 1792

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Archduke Charles of Austria

Albert Casimir

(1742-05-13)13 May 1742
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire

24 June 1798(1798-06-24) (aged 56)
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire

Imperial Crypt
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Princess Maria Christina Theresa of Saxony

Habsburg-Lorraine

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maria Theresa

Roman Catholicism

Hanns Schlitter, Briefe der Erzherzogin Marie Statthalterin der Niederlande an Leopold II. nebst einer Einleitung zur Geschichte der französischen Politik Leopolds II. Gerold, Vienna 1896

on-line

J. C. H. Blom: History of the Low Countries

Guida Myrl Jackson-Laufer: Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide

Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara (2017). Maria Theresia: Die Kaiserin in ihrer Zeit. Eine Biographie. : C.H. Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-69748-7.

Munich

Friedrich Weissensteiner: Die Töchter Maria Theresias. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1996,  3-404-64145-0, p. 57–103

ISBN

Michael Erbe: Belgien, Niederlande, Luxemburg, 1993,  3-17-010976-6, p. 172–179

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