Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa

Maria Beatrice d’Este (Maria Beatrice Ricciarda; 7 April 1750 – 14 November 1829) was heiress of Duchy of Modena and Reggio as well as the sovereign of Massa and Carrara from 1790 until 1796 and from 1815 until her death in 1829.

Issue

 * 1) Archduke Josef Franz of Austria-Este (1772) died young.
 * 2) Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1 November 1773 – 29 March 1832) married Prince Victor Emmanuel, Duke of Aosta and had issue.
 * 3) Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (10 December 1776 – 23 June 1848) married Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria but had no issue. married Count Ludwig von Arco and had issue.
 * 4) Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Archduke of Austria-Este (6 October 1779 – 21 January 1846) married Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy an haed issue.
 * 5) Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria-Este  (25 April 1781 – 5 November 1850) never married.
 * 6) Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este (July 14 1782 – 1 June 1863) never married.
 * 7) Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria-Este (1784–1786) named in honour of her aunt Marie Antoinette but died young.
 * 8) Archduke Karl Ambrosius of Austria-Este 2 November 1785 – 2 September 1809) never married.
 * 9) Archduchess Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (14 December 1787 – 7 April 1816) married Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Emperor Francis I of Austria) but had no issue.