Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este

Marie Thérèse Félicité
Princess of Modena Duchess of Penthièvre
1750 portrait at Eu
Born	(1726-10-06)6 October 1726 Ducal Palace, Modena
Died	30 April 1754(1754-04-30) (aged 27) Château de Rambouillet, France
Burial	Chapelle royale de Dreux
Spouse	Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
Issue	Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe Marie Adélaide, Duchess of Orléans
Names Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este
Father	Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
Mother	Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans
Religion	Roman 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 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.

• Louis Marie de Bourbon (1746-1749);
• Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe (1747-1768);
• Jean Marie de Bourbon (1748-1755), duc de Châteauvillain;
• Vincent de Bourbon (1750-1752);
• Marie Louise de Bourbon (1751-1753);
• Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon (1753-1821);
• Louis Marie Félicité de Bourbon (1754), died at birth.

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:

• 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, her youngest and only surviving daughter, wed Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, while he was still known as the Duke of Chartres].

Gallery

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  Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena
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  Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans
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  Maria Teresa's family; The Duke of Penthièvre; Prince of Lamballe; Princess of Lamballe; Mademoiselle de Penthièvre next to the Countess of Toulouse
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  The Château de Rambouillet

Ancestry

Family of Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este

16. Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena 8. Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena 17. Isabella of Savoy 4. Rinaldo III d'Este, Duke of Modena 18. Taddeo Barberini, Principe di Palestrina 9. Lucrezia Barberini 19. Anna Colonna 2. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena 20. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 10. John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 21. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt 5. Duchess Charlotte of Brunswick-Lüneburg 22. Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern 11. Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate 23. Anna Gonzaga 1. Maria Teresa d'Este 24. Louis XIII of France 12. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans 25. Anne of Austria 6. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 26. Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine 13. Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine 27. Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) 3. Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans 28. Louis XIII of France (= 24) 14. Louis XIV of France 29. Anne of Austria (= 25) 7. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon 30. Gabriel de Rochechouart, Duke of Mortemart 15. Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan 31. Diane de Grandseigne

External links

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

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