Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen

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Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria
Portrait by Martin van Meytens, 1765
Duchess of Teschen
Reign 8 April 1766 – 24 June 1798
Predecessor Joseph II
Successor Albert Casimir
Governor of the Austrian Netherlands
Tenure 29 November 1780 – 1 March 1792
Predecessor Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Successor Archduke Charles of Austria
Born (1742-05-13)13 May 1742
Vienna, Austria
Died 24 June 1798(1798-06-24) (aged 56)
Vienna, Austria
Spouse Prince Albert Casimir of Saxony (m 8 April 1766)
Issue Princess Maria Christina
Full name
Maria Christina Johanna Josefa Antonia
House Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother Empress Maria Theresa
Burial Imperial Crypt
Religion Roman Catholicism

Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia; 13 May 1742 – 24 June 1798), was the fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. Married in 1766 to Prince Albert of Saxony, the couple received the Duchy of Teschen, and she was appointed Governor of the Austrian Netherlands jointly with her husband during 1781–1789 and 1791–1792. After two expulsions from the Netherlands (in 1789 and 1792), she lived with her husband in Vienna until her death.




Issue[edit]

  1. Princess Maria Theresia of Saxony (16 May 1767 - 17 May 1767)



Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
Cadet branch of the House of Lorraine
Born: 13 May 1742 Died: 24 June 1798
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duchess of Teschen
8 April 1766 – 24 June 1798
with Albert Casimir
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of the Austrian Netherlands
1781–1793
Succeeded by