Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Sardinia

Maria Theresa of Austria
Portrait by Pietro Ayres
Queen consort of Sardinia
Tenure27 April 1831 – 23 March 1849
Born21 March 1801
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died12 January 1855(1855-01-12) (aged 53)
Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Burial16 January 1855
Spouse
(m. 1817; died 1849)
Issue
Detail
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa
Names
  • German: Maria Theresia Franziska Josepha Johanna Benedikta
  • Italian: Maria Teresa Francesca Giuseppa Giovanna Benedetta
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherFerdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
MotherLuisa of Naples and Sicily

Maria Theresa of Austria (21 March 1801 – 12 January 1855) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to King Charles Albert of Sardinia.

She was a daughter of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Luisa of Naples and Sicily. She was named after her great-grandmother Empress Maria Theresa. In 1817, she married Charles Albert of Sardinia and subsequently became the Queen of Sardinia upon her husband's accession to the throne in 1831.


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