Elisabeth Therese o Lorraine
| Elisabeth Therese o Lorraine | |||||
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 The Queen Elisabeth Therese with her eldest son the Duke o Aosta bi an unknown artist. | |||||
| Queen consort o Sardinie | |||||
| Tenure | 1 Aprile 1737 – 3 Julie 1741 | ||||
| Born | 15 October 1711 Château de Lunéville, Lorraine | ||||
| Dee'd | 3 Julie 1741 (aged 29) Pailace o Venaria, Turin | ||||
| Buirial | 1786 Ryal Basilica, Superga, Turin | ||||
| Spouse | Charles Emmanuel III o Sardinie | ||||
| Issue | Carlo, Duke o Aosta Princess Maria Vittoria Margherita Benedetto, Duke o Chablais | ||||
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| Hoose | Lorraine (bi birth) Savoy (bi mairiage) | ||||
| Faither | Leopold Joseph o Lorraine | ||||
| Mither | Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans | ||||
Elisabeth Therese o Lorraine (Élisabeth Thérèse; 15 October 1711 – 3 Julie 1741) was born a Princess of Lorraine and wis the last wife o Charles Emmanuel III o Sardinie. She wis a sister o The sister of Francis Stephan, Duke o Lorraine (later Francis I, Haly Roman Emperor). She died in childbirth.
Mairiage[eedit | eedit soorce]
There were plans for Princess Elisabeth Therese tae mairy Louis d'Orléans, Duke o Orléans but he refused. Eventually she would mairy Keeng Charles Emmanuel III o Sardinie. The mairit bi proxy on 5 Mairch 1737 at Lunéville with the Prince o Carignan, who was the prince's brither-in-law, acting as the king. The day after the proxy mairiage, she left for Lyon where she arrived on 14 Mairch. Her brither the Duke o Lorraine raised a dowry for her an the mairiage contract wis signed in Vienna bi the Duke an Duchess o Lorraine an Emperor Charles VI.
The couple mairit in person on 1 Aprile 1737. Charles Emmanuel III wis her first cousin, his mither being Anne Marie d'Orléans, her mither Élisabeth Charlotte's half-sister. She an her husband arrived in Turin on 21 Aprile. They haed three childer.
Issue[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Prince Francesco Maria Augusto o Savoy, Duke o Aosta (1 December 1738 – 25 Mairch 1745) died young.
- Princess Maria Vittoria Margharita o Savoy (22 Juin 1740 – 14 Julie 1742) died young.
- Prince Benedetto o Savoy, Duke o Chablais (21 Juin 1741 – 4 Januar 1808) mairit Princess Maria Anna o Savoy, nae issue.
Daith[eedit | eedit soorce]
Queen Elisabeth Therese (Elisabetta Teresa) died at the Pailace o Venaria aged 29, having fallen ill with puerperal fever after childbirth. She wis buried in the Cathedral o Saunt Giovanni Battista in Turin. She was moved tae the Ryal Basilica o Superga in 1786 bi her stepson Victor Amadeus III.
Titles an styles[eedit | eedit soorce]
- 15 October 1711 – 1 Aprile 1737 Princess Elisabeth Therese o Lorraine.
- 1 Aprile 1737 – 3 Julie 1741 Her Majesty the Queen o Sardinie.
External links[eedit | eedit soorce]
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