Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa
Maria Beatrice d’Este (Maria Beatrice Ricciarda; 7 April 1750 – 14 November 1829) was heiress of Modena and Reggio and Duchess of Massa and Carrara from 1790 until 1797 and from 1816 until her death in 1829.
Biography
Maria Beatrice was born in Modena, the only daughter of two monarchs, Duke Ercole III, Duke of Modena and Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, ruling Duchess of Carrara and Massa.
Her parents were not expected to produce more children, as their marriage was unhappy and they lived separated from each other, and Maria was therefore early acknowledged as an heiress.
Her paternal ancestors included Louis XIII of France and Philippe d'Orléans, Regent of France for Louis XV. Her maternal ancestors were members of the House of Cybo-Malaspina, members of the Italian nobility.
As heiress to four Duchies (Modena and Reggio from her father, and Massa and Carrara from her mother), she was a very attractive wedding partner. Empress Maria Theresa sought to arrange a marriage between Maria Beatrice and the Archduke Leopold (future Holy Roman Emperor) but this never materialised; she instead married Leopold's brother, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, in a union through which the Austrians aimed to expand their influence in Italy.
The couple was engaged in 1754, at a very young age, and the marriage was celebrated in Milan on 15 October 1771. Festivities arranged for this occasion included the operas Ascanio in Alba by Mozart and Il Ruggiero by Johann Adolph Hasse.
The couple settled in Modena. As the Duchy of Modena did not allow female succession, Maria Beatrice's rights to the throne of Modena and Reggio passed to her son when her father died. When her mother died in 1790, however, she succeeded her as Duchess of Massa and Carrara. After the French conquest of Northern Italy, she spent her life mostly in Austria and left the rule to administrators.
By her marriage, the House of Austria-Este was created, a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, which ruled Modena between 1814 and 1859. After Maria Beatrice d'Este's death at Vienna in 1829, Massa and Carrara were added to the Duchy of Modena.
Issue
Ancestry
Ancestors of Maria Beatrice d'Este
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16. Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena |
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8. Rinaldo III, Duke of Modena |
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17. Lucrezia Barberini |
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4. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena |
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18. John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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9. Charlotte Felicity of Brunswick-Lüneburg |
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19. Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate |
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2. Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena |
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20. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans |
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10. Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans |
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21. Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate |
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5. Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans |
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22. Louis XIV of France |
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11. Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Legitimée de France |
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23. Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart |
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1. Maria Beatrice d'Este |
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24. Alberico Cybo-Malaspina, Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara |
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12. Carlo II Cibo-Malsapina, Duke of Massa |
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25. Fulvia Pico de Mirandola |
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6. Alderano Cibo-Malsapina, Duke of Massa |
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26. Camillo Pamphili, Prince of Valmontone & San Martino |
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13. Teresa Pamfili |
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27. Olimpia Aldobrandini, Princess of Meldola & Rossano |
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3. Maria Teresa Cibo-Malsapina, Duchess of Massa |
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28. Alfonso Gonzaga, Count of Novellara |
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14. Camillo II Gonzaga, Count of Novellara |
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29. Ricciarda Cybo-Malaspina, Princess of Massa |
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7. Ricciardia Gonzaga of Novellara |
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30. Sigismondo III d'Este, Marquess of San Martino |
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15. Matilde d'Este |
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31. Teresa Maria Grimaldi |
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External links
Media related to Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este at Wikimedia Commons
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Princess Caterina Maria · Margarete, Duchess of Guastalla · Princess Beatrice · Princess Beatrice · Anna Beatrice, Duchess of Mirandola · Ippolita, Lady of Montecchio and Scandiano
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Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Modena
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*also Archduchess of Austria
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Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen · Princess Margherita of Savoy · Princess Anne Eugénie of Arenberg · Princess Yolande of Ligne · Countess Xenia Czernicheva-Besobrasova · Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede · Countess Helena of Toerring-Jettenbach · Countess Ludmilla of Gallen · Princess Laetitia of Arenberg** · Countess Margaret Kálnoky von Köröspatak** · Maria Espinosa de los Monteros^^** · Countess Valerie of Podstatzky-Lichtenstein** · Freiin Eva Antonia von Hofmann** · Princess Anna Amelie of Schönburg-Waldenburg** · Countess Hedwig of Lichem-Löwenburg** · Freiin Edith von Sternbach** · Princess Margaret of Hohenberg · Countess Marie Christine of Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff · Eugenia de Calonge^^ · Freiin Maria Theresia von Gudenus
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Estelle de Saint-Romain^^
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*also an infanta of Spain by marriage
**also a princess of Tuscany by marriage
***also a princess of Modena by marriage
^also an archduchess of Austria in her own right
^^did not have a royal or noble title by birth
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Princess Laetitia of Arenberg* · Countess Margaret Kálnoky von Köröspatak* · Maria Espinosa de los Monteros^* · Countess Valerie of Podstatzky-Lichtenstein* · Freiin Eva Antonia von Hofmann* · Princess Anna Amelie of Schönburg-Waldenburg* · Countess Hedwig of Lichem-Löwenburg* · Freiin Edith von Sternbach*
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Elyssa Edmonstone^* · Countess Marie Gabrielle of Waldstein*
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^did not have a royal or noble title by birth
* also an archduchess of Austria by marriage
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Maria Beatrice Ricciarda D'este |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
7 April 1750 |
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| Date of death |
14 November 1829 |
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