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Maria Carolina of Austria
Born(1825-09-10)10 September 1825
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died17 July 1915(1915-07-17) (aged 89)
Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary
Burial
Imperial Crypt, Vienna
SpouseArchduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
Names
Maria Karoline Luise Christine
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
MotherPrincess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
ReligionRoman Catholic

Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria (Maria Karoline Luise Christine, Erzherzogin von Österreich; 10 September 1825 – 17 July 1915) was an Archduchess of Austria.

Life

Archduchess Maria Karoline was born in Vienna as the second daughter and sixth child of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. Her father was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain and the "hero of Aspern". Her mother was a daughter of Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. Between her siblings there were Maria Theresa, Queen consort of Two Sicilies and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen.

She was Princess-Abbess of the Theresian Royal and Imperial Ladies Chapter of the Castle of Prague (1844-1852).[1]

On 21 February 1852, Maria Karoline married her cousin Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, third son of Archduke Rainer of Austria and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano. The marriage was a very happy one, and the couple was probably the most popular amongst the Habsburg family. The marriage remained childless.

At the time of her death, she was the last surviving grandchild of Leopold II.

Ancestry

Family of Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria
16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine
8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
17. Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans
4. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
9. Maria Theresa of Austria
19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
2. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
20. Philip V of Spain
10. Charles III of Spain
21. Elisabeth of Parma
5. Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain
22. Augustus III of Poland
11. Maria Amalia of Saxony
23. Maria Josepha of Austria
1. Maria Karoline of Austria
24. Charles Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
12. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
25. Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein
6. Frederick William, Duke of Nassau
26. William IV, Prince of Orange
13. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
27. Anne, Princess Royal
3. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
28. Wilhelm Ludwig, Landgrave of Kirchberg
14. Georg, Landgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg
29. Countess Luise of Dhaun
7. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
30. Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz
15. Countess Elisabeth Augusta Reuss of Greiz
31. Konradine Eleonore, Princess Reuss of Köstritz

References

  1. ^ "Czech Eccleastical". Guide2womenleaders.com. 18 February 1916. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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