Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862–1933)

For other people called Maria Theresia, see Maria Theresia.

Archduchess Maria Theresa
Maria Theresia photographed in 1900
Born	(1862-09-18)18 September 1862 Alt-Bunzlau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire
Died	10 May 1933(1933-05-10) (aged 70) Żywiec Castle, Żywiec, Poland
Spouse	Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1886)​
Issue	Archduchess Eleonora Archduchess Renata Archduke Karl Albrecht Archduchess Mechthildis Archduke Leo Karl Archduke Wilhelm
Names German: Maria Theresia Antoinette Immakulata Josepha Ferdinanda Leopoldine Franziska Caroline Isabella Januaria Aloysia Christine Anna
House	Habsburg-Tuscany
Father	Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria
Mother	Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (German: Maria Theresia Antoinette Immakulata Josepha Ferdinanda Leopoldine Franziska Caroline Isabella Januaria Aloysia Christine Anna, Erzherzogin von Österreich) (18 September 1862, in Alt-Bunzlau, Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 10 May 1933, in Żywiec Castle, Żywiec, Poland) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany by birth. Maria Theresia was the eldest child and eldest daughter of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and his wife, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Marriage and issue

Maria Theresa married her mother's second cousin Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, fourth child and third son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, on 28 February 1886 in Vienna. Maria Theresia and Charles Stephen had six children together:

• Archduchess Eleonora of Austria-Teschen (1886–1974) married morganatically Alfons von Kloss.
• Archduchess Renata of Austria-Teschen (1888–1935) married Prince Hieronymus Radziwill.
• Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria-Teschen (1888–1951) married morganatically Alice Habsburg.
• Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria-Teschen (1891–1966) married Prince Olgierd Czartoryski.
• Archduke Leo Karl of Austria-Teschen (1893–1939) married Maria-Klothilde von Thuillières Gräfin von Montjoye-Vaufrey et de la Roche, had issue, among others Count Leo Stefan of Habsburg.
• Archduke Wilhelm of Austria-Teschen (1895–1948). Died unmarried.

Honours

• Austria-Hungary:
  • Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross, 1st Class
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Elizabeth
• Kingdom of Bavaria: Dame of the Order of Saint Elizabeth
• Ottoman Empire: Grand Cordon of the Order of Charity
• Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa

Ancestry

Maria Theresia, Charles Stephen, and their family; photographed in 1896.

Ancestors of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862–1933)

8. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 4. Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany 9. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily 2. Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria 10. Francis I of the Two Sicilies 5. Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies 11. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain 1. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 12. Francis I of the Two Sicilies (= 10) 6. Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies 13. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain (= 11) 3. Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies 14. Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen 7. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 15. Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg