Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne
Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne (Maria Anna Henriette Leopoldine; 24 October 1708 – 28 July 1728) was a noblewoman born into the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She was the Margravine of Bergen op Zoom in her own right from 1710 at the death of her father. She was the mother of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.
Biography
Born in France, she was the daughter of François-Egon de La Tour d'Auvergne and his wife Maria Anne de Ligne, daughter of Philippe Charles de Ligne d'Arenberg, Duke of Arenberg.[2] As a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, she was entitled to the style of Her Highness as she was a male line descendant of the family.[3]
She was her parents only child.
Through her father, her cousins included Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, princesse de Soubise, wife of the Maréchal de Soubise; the Duke of Bouillon. Her sister in law was Anne Christine Louise of Bavaria, the Princess of Piedmont and wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont.
On 15 February 1722[2] she married Count Palatine John Christian of Sulzbach, the son of Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach and his wife Maria Eleonore of Hesse-Rothenburg. The couple had two children a son in 1724 and a daughter in 1728. She died at Hilpoltstein at the age of 19 a month after the death of her daughter.[2]
In 1731, four years after her death, her husband married Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg a daughter of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg and Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort. The couple had no children.
She has descendants only through her sons illegitimate issue including the Polish Counts Raczynski.
Issue
Ancestry
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16. Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne |
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8. Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne |
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17. Countess Elisabeth of Nassau |
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4. Frédérique Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Count of Auvergne, Marquis of Bergen-op-Zoo |
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18. Count Frederik van den Bergh |
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9. Countess Eleonora Catharina van den Bergh |
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19. Françoise de Ravenel |
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2. François Egon de La Tour d'Auvergne |
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20. Johann Georg I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
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10. Eitel Friedrich II, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
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21. Countess Franziska von Salm, Wild- und Rheingräfin in Neufville |
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5. Princess Francoise of Hohenzollern-Hechingen |
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22. Count Hendrik van den Bergh |
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11. Countess Maria Isabella van den Bergh |
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23. Marguerite de Witthem |
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1. Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne |
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24. Philippe-Charles, 3rd Count of Arenberg |
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12. Charles Eugene de Ligne d'Arenberg |
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25. Countess Maria Cleopha of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
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6. Philippe Charles d'Arenberg |
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26. Claude François de Cusance |
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13. Marie Henriette de Cusance et de Vergy |
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27. Ernestine de Witthem, Countess of Walhain |
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3. Marie Anne d'Arenberg |
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28. Francesco del Carretto, Marquis of Grana, Count of Millesimo |
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14. Othon Henri del Caretto, Marquis of Savona |
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29. Countess Margarethe Fugger von Nordendorf |
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7. Donna Maria Enrietta del Carretto |
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30. Count Johann Maximilian of Herberstein |
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15. Countess Maria Theresia of Herberstein |
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31. Baroness Eleonora Katharina Breunner |
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Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 24 October 1708 – 26 July 1710 Her Highness Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne
- 26 July 1710 - 15 February 1722 Her Highness The Margravine of Bergen op Zoom
- 15 February 1722 – 28 July 1728 Her Serene Highness Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach
References and notes
See also
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| 1st Generation |
Louise · Marie, Duchess of Thouars · Juliane Catherine, Countess of Roucy · Élisabeth, Marquise of Duras · Henriette Catherine, Marquise of La Moussaye · Charlotte
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| 2nd Generation |
Élisabeth, Duchess of Elbeuf · Louise Charlotte · Amalie · Hypolite · Mauricette Febronie, Landgravine of Leuchtenberg · Élisabeth Eléonore · Louise Emilie · Marie Anne · Therese Henriette
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| 3rd Generation |
Marie Élisabeth · Louise Julie, Princess of Montbazon · Maria Henriette, Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach
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| 5th Generation |
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| 6th Generation |
none
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Dauvergne, Maria Henriette De La Tour |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
24 November 1708 |
| Place of birth |
France |
| Date of death |
28 July 1728 |
| Place of death |
Hilpoltstein, Germany |