Archduchess Clementina of Austria
Princess of Salerno
Archduchess Maria Clementina Franziska Josepha of Austria (1 March 1798 – 3 September 1881) was Princess of Salerno by marriage to the Sicilian prince Leopold, Prince of Salerno . She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , and Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily .
Biography
Portrait of Clementina with her elder sister Maria Leopoldina (by Bernhard von Guérard, 1810)
Early life
Born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 1 March 1798, Clementina was the third surviving daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor , later Emperor Francis I of Austria after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire , and his wife Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily .
Maria Clementina was a younger sister of Marie Louise, Empress of the French , Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria , and Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil . She was also an older sister of Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony , Archduke Franz Karl of Austria , and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria .
Marriage
Portrait of Clementina in the year of her marriage (by Johann Peter Krafft , 1816) Maria Clementina married her mother's younger brother, Prince Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies , Prince of Salerno , on 28 July 1816[ 1] Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. He was the youngest son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria .
From their four children, only a daughter survived to adulthood, Princess Maria Carolina of the Two Sicilies , who on 25 November 1844, in Naples , married her paternal first cousin Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale . Henri was the fourth (and second-youngest) surviving son of King Louis-Philippe of France and his wife Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily . Henri and Maria Clementina were also first cousins as both of their mothers were sisters.
Through their daughter, Clementina and Leopoldo had seven grandchildren, two of whom reached adulthood. However, neither of these grandchildren married or produced children of their own.
Death
Maria Clementina died on 3 September 1881 at the Château de Chantilly , France, the home of her widowed son-in-law Duke Henri. She was eighty-three years old; all her descendants having predeceased her. She was buried at the Royal Chapel , Dreux, France.
Issue and family
Honours
Ancestry
Ancestors of Archduchess Clementina of Austria
References
^ Townend, William (1858). The Descendants of the Stuarts: An Unchronicled Page in England's History . Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. p. 254. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich (1868), p. 110, Sternkreuz-Orden.^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Franz I." Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 208 – via Wikisource .^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Theresia von Neapel" Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 81 – via Wikisource .^ a b c d Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Theresia (deutsche Kaiserin)" Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 60 – via Wikisource .^ a b Wurzbach, Constantin von , ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria Ludovica (deutsche Kaiserin)" Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire ] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 53 – via Wikisource .^ a b Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living ] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 9.
External links
Archduchess Marie Clementine of Austria at Wikimedia Commons
Generations are numbered by male-line descent from
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor . Later generations are included although Austrian titles of nobility were abolished and outlawed in 1919.
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation 5th generation
Isabella Clara Eugenia, Co-sovereign of the Habsburg Netherlands **Catalina Micaela, Duchess of Savoy **Anna, Queen of Spain Elisabeth, Queen of France Margaret (1567–1633) Maria (1584–1649) Anna, Holy Roman Empress Anna, Queen of Poland Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania Catherine Renata Gregoria Maximiliana Eleanor (1582–1620) Margaret, Queen of Spain Constance, Queen of Poland Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany 6th generation 7th generation 8th generation 9th generation 10th generation 11th generation 12th generation
Marie Louise, Empress of the French Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil Clementina, Princess of Salerno Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony Maria Anna Maria Luisa ^Maria Theresa, Queen of Sardinia ^Maria Theresa, Queen of the Two Sicilies Maria Caroline Hermine Elisabeth Franziska Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia Maria Theresa, Countess of Chambord #Maria Beatrix, Countess of Montizón # 13th generation 14th generation 15th generation 16th generation 17th generation 18th generation
* also an infanta of Spain
** also an infanta of Spain and Portugal
^ also a princess of Tuscany
# also a princess of Modena
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation 5th generation 6th generation *also a princess of the Two Sicilies in her own right
