Countess Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard (14 January 1675 – 27 April 1754), known as Charlotte, was the
governess of
Maria Theresa of Austria
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position '' suo jure'' (in her own right) ...
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Early life
Born in
Palais Mollard,
Vienna
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to Count Franz Maximilian von
Mollard (1621-1690), Vice-President of the Imperial Court Chamber and his second wife Katharina von
Seeau. She had one half-brother from her father's previous marriage to Maria Katharina
Thoman von Frankenberg (1630-1694), Count Ferdinand Ernst von
Mollard (1648-1716), who served as President of the Imperial Court Chamber.
Imperial court
Marie Karoline came to the imperial court as lady-in-waiting of the future
queen consort of Portugal,
Maria Anna of Austria
Maria Anna of Austria (Maria Anna Josepha Antonia Regina; 7 September 1683 – 14 August 1754) was Queen of Portugal as the wife of King John V of Portugal. She served as the regent of Portugal from 1742 until 1750 during the illness of her hus ...
, the daughter of
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Empress
Elisabeth Christine entrusted the Countess with the education and upbringing of her daughter
Maria Theresa, the
heiress presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
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of the
Habsburg dominions, when the girl was born in 1717. Countess Fuchs taught her etiquette and practically raised her. Maria Theresa developed a notably close relationship with Countess Fuchs.
When Maria Theresa succeeded her father as the ruler of Hungary, Bohemia and Austria, she gave Countess Fuchs a castle called
Fuchsschlössl and made her a
chatelaine.
Personal life
She married Count Christoph Ernst
Fuchs von Bimbach und Dornheim (1664-1719) and had issue:
* Countess Maria Anna Charlotte Fuchs von Bimbach und Dornheim (died in 1768) ⚭ Count Johann Karl Martin Christoph von
Nostitz-Rokitnitz (1673-1740); had issue who all died in infancy
* Count Johann Friedrich Fuchs vom Bimbach und Dornheim (27. February 1707-September 1707)
* Countess Maria Josepha Fuchs vom Bimbach und Dornheim (1711-1764) ⚭ Count Anton Christoph Karl
Nostitz-Rieneck, who was her sisters son in law; no issue ⚭
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Prince of Teano; had issue
* Countess Maria Ernestina Rosalia Fuchs vom Bimbach und Dornheim (b. 1712)
* Maria Elisabeth Carolina Fuchs vom Bimbach und Dornheim (1715-1716)
Death
When Countess Fuchs died in Vienna in 1754, Maria Theresa ordered that she be buried in the
Imperial Crypt. Thus, the Countess has the honour of being the only non-Habsburg buried in the Imperial Crypt. The 150th anniversary of her death was celebrated by a special
Mass
Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementar ...
in the Capucin Crypt.
External links
REICHSGRÄFIN KAROLINE VON FUCHS-MOLLARD
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuchs-Mollard, Marie Karoline Von
1681 births
1754 deaths
18th-century Austrian people
Austrian ladies-in-waiting
Austrian countesses
People from Vienna
Governesses to Austrian royalty
Burials at the Imperial Crypt
