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Marie Thérèse died at the [[Château de Rambouillet]] after giving birth to Louis Marie Félicité de Bourbon, who died soon afterwards. Only two of the Penthièvre children survived into adulthood:
Marie Thérèse died at the [[Château de Rambouillet]] after giving birth to Louis Marie Félicité de Bourbon, who died soon afterwards. Only two of the Penthièvre children survived into adulthood:


* [[Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe|Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon]], her second but only surviving son, married [[Princess Marie Louise of Savoy]], who after his death became the favourite of the future Queen [[Marie Antoinette]].
* [[Louis-Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe|Louis Alexandre de Bourbon]], her second but only surviving son, married [[Princess Marie Louise of Savoy]], who after his death became the favourite of the future Queen [[Marie Antoinette]].
* [[Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre]], her youngest and only surviving daughter, wed [[Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], while he was still known as the [[Duke of Chartres]]].
* [[Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon]], her youngest and only surviving daughter, wed [[Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]], while he was still known as the [[Duke of Chartres]]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">Image:Modène, François-Marie III de.jpg|[[Francesco III d'Este|Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena]]
<gallery class="center">Image:Modène, François-Marie III de.jpg|[[Francesco III d'Este|Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena]]
Image:Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans depicted as the goddess Hébé attributed to Pierre Gobert .jpg|[[Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans]]
Image:Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans depicted as the goddess Hébé attributed to Pierre Gobert .jpg|[[Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans]]
File:The Family of the Duke of Penthièvre.jpg|Maria Teresa's family; The [[Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre|Duke of Penthièvre]]; [[Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe|Prince of Lamballe]]; [[Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe|Princess of Lamballe]]; ''[[Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon|Mademoiselle de Penthièvre]]'' next to the [[Marie Victoire de Noailles|Countess of Toulouse]]
File:The Family of the Duke of Penthièvre.jpg|Maria Teresa's family; The [[Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre|Duke of Penthièvre]]; [[Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, prince de Lamballe|Prince of Lamballe]]; [[Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe|Princess of Lamballe]]; ''[[Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon|Mademoiselle de Penthièvre]]'' next to the [[Marie Victoire de Noailles|Countess of Toulouse]]
File:Rambouillet château3 dessin.jpg|The [[Château de Rambouillet]]</gallery>
File:Rambouillet château3 dessin.jpg|The [[Château de Rambouillet]]</gallery>

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Marie Thérèse Félicité
Princess of Modena
Duchess of Penthièvre
1750 portrait at Eu
Born(1726-10-06)6 October 1726
Ducal Palace, Modena
Died30 April 1754(1754-04-30) (aged 27)
Château de Rambouillet, France
Burial
SpouseLouis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
IssueLouis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe
Marie Adélaide, Duchess of Orléans
Names
Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este
FatherFrancesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
MotherCharlotte Aglaé d'Orléans
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (October 6, 1726 – April 30, 1754) was born a princess of Modena and was by marriage the Duchess of Penthièvre. She was the mother-in-law of Philippe Égalité and thus grandmother to the future Louis-Philippe of France.

Life

Born in Emilia-Romagna[1] in Modena, she was the daughter of Francesco III, Duke of Modena and his wife, the French princess Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans.

One of nine children, she was the first daughter of the family but her mother eventually returned to France to live.

Marriage

Penthièvre was Maria Teresa's mother's first cousin. Charlotte Aglaé's mother was the sister of the duke's father, Louis-Alexandre Count of Toulouse. According to some contemporaries, the marriage between the duke and his wife was reportedly a happy one, to which numerous children were born.[1]

Descendants

Marie Thérèse died at the Château de Rambouillet after giving birth to Louis Marie Félicité de Bourbon, who died soon afterwards. Only two of the Penthièvre children survived into adulthood:

Ancestry

Family of Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este

References

+ Media related to Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este at Wikimedia Commons

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