Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria
Maria Clementina of Austria (24 April 1777 – 15 November 1801) was an Austrian archduchess and the tenth child and third daughter of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Luisa of Spain. In 1797 she married her double first cousin Prince Francis, Duke of Calabria, heir to the kingdoms of Naples and Sicily. She was modest, well educated and kind, becoming popular in her adoptive country. Afflicted with frail health, she died of tuberculosis, age twenty four. Her only surviving child was Princess Caroline, Duchess of Berry.
| Maria Clementina of Austria | |||||
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Portrait by Joseph Hickel, 1796 | |||||
| Born | 24 April 1777 Villa del Poggio Imperiale, Grand Duchy of Tuscany | ||||
| Died | 15 November 1801 (aged 24) Naples, Kingdom of Naples | ||||
| Burial | Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
| Mother | Maria Luisa of Spain | ||||
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