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 ''
suo jure''
Margravine of Bergen op Zoom from 1710 at the death of her father. She was the mother of
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
Charles Theodore (german: link=no, Karl Theodor; 11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) reigned as Prince-elector and Count Palatine from 1742, as Duke of Jülich and Berg from 1742 and also as prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1777 to his ...
.
Biography
Born in France, she was the only child 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. 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.
[The La Tour d'Auvergne's were the rulers of the Duchy of Bouillon and Principality of Sedan]
Through her father, her cousins included
Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, ''princesse de Soubise'', wife of the
Maréchal de Soubise
Charles de Rohan (16 July 17151 July 1787), Prince of Soubise, Duke of Rohan-Rohan, Seigneur of Roberval, and Marshal of France from 1758, was a soldier, and minister to kings Louis XV and Louis XVI. He was the last male of his branch of the Ho ...
; 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, 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
Hilpoltstein () is a town in the district of Roth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 10 km southeast of Roth bei Nürnberg and 30 km south of Nuremberg, close to the lake 'Rothsee.
History
* Origins of the castle and the town date back to the ...
at the age of 19, a month after the death of her daughter.
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 son's illegitimate issue, including the Polish Counts Raczynski.
Issue
*
Count Palatine ''Charles'' Philip ''Theodore'' of Sulzbach (11 December 1724 – 16 February 1799) married
Countess Elizabeth Augusta of Sulzbach, no issue; married again to
Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, no issue. Only illegitimate descendants exist.
*Countess Palatine ''Marie'' Anne Louise ''Henriette'' of Sulzbach (20 May 1728 – 25 June 1728) died in infancy
Ancestry
References
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1708 births
1728 deaths
18th-century French people
French nobility
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Place of birth missing