Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Countess of Chambord

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (German: Maria Theresia Beatrix Gaëtane, Erzherzogin von Österreich-Este, Prinzessin von Modena) (14 July 1817, Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio 25 March 1886, Görz, Austria-Hungary) was a member of the House of Austria-Este and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary, Bohemia, and Modena by birth. Henri was disputedly King of France and Navarre from 2 to 9 August 1830 and afterwards the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France from 1844 to 1883. Maria Theresa was the eldest child of Francis IV, Duke of Modena and his niece-wife Maria Beatrice of Savoy.

Archduchess Maria Theresa
Duchess of Bordeaux, Countess of Chambord
Portrait by Adeodato Malatesta
Legitimist consort to the French throne
Pretendence7 November 1846 – 24 August 1883
Born(1817-07-14)14 July 1817
Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Died25 March 1886(1886-03-25) (aged 68)
Görz, Austria-Hungary
Burial
Kostanjevica Monastery, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Spouse
(m. 1846; died 1883)
Names
German: Maria Theresia Beatrix Gaëtane von Österreich-Este
French: Marie Thérèse Béatrice Gaetan d'Autriche-Este
HouseHabsburg-Este
FatherFrancis IV, Duke of Modena
MotherMaria Beatrice of Savoy
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