Marie Henriette of Austria

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Marie Henriette of Austria
Queen of the Belgians
Titles	HM The Queen of the Belgians (1865-1902) HIRH The Duchess of Brabant (1853-1865) HI&RH Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria (1836-1853)
Born	August 23, 1836(1836-08-23)
Birthplace	Budapest
Died	September 20, 1902 (aged 66)
Place of death	Spa
Consort	December 10, 1865 - September 20, 1902
Consort to	Léopold II
Issue	Louise Marie, Léopold, Stéphanie, Clémentine
Royal House	House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Archduke Josef of Austria
Mother	Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians (Princess Imperial & Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary & Bohemia) (August 23, 1836, Pest, now Budapest, Hungary - September 20, 1902, Spa, Belgium) was the queen consort of King Léopold II of Belgium, son of Leopold I and brother of Charlotte of Mexico.

She was a daughter of Palatine Joseph of Hungary and Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. When she was 17 she married 18 year old Prince Léopold of Belgium, the heir to the throne, on August 22, 1853.

They had four children:

• Princess Louise-Marie of Belgium (1858-1924)
• Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (1859-1869)
• Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864-1945)
• Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872-1955)

v • d • e Ancestors of Marie Henriette of Austria

16. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine               8. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor                       17. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans               4. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor                             18. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor               9. Maria Theresa of Austria                       19. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               2. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary                                   20. Philip V of Spain               10. Charles III of Spain                       21. Elisabeth of Parma               5. Maria Louisa of Spain                             22. Augustus III of Poland               11. Maria Amalia of Saxony                       23. Maria Josepha of Austria               1. Marie Henriette of Austria                                         24. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg               12. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg                       25. Maria Augusta Anna of Thurn and Taxis               6. Duke Louis of Württemberg                             26. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt               13. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt                       27. Princess Sophie Dorothea Marie of Prussia               3. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg                                   28. Charles Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg               14. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                       29. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein               7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg                             30. William IV, Prince of Orange               15. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau                       31. Anne, Princess Royal

Marie Henriette of Austria House of Habsburg-Lorraine Born: 23 August 1836 Died: 20 September 1902
Belgian royalty
Vacant Title last held by Louise-Marie of France	Queen Consort of Belgium 1865-1902	Vacant Title next held by Elisabeth of Bavaria