Maria Teresa CyboThis is also sometimes spelt ''Cibo''.-Malaspina (29 June 1725 29 December 1790) was the sovereign Duchess of

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and Princess of

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from 1731 until her death in 1790. She was the eldest child of Alderano I, Duke of Massa and Carrara, and his wife Ricciarda Gonzaga.

Life

Childhood

Maria Teresa was born on 29 June 1725 in

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. She was the daughter of Duke Alderano I

Cybo-Malaspina The House of Cybo, Cibo or Cibei of Italy was the name of an old and influential aristocratic family from Genoa of Greek origin that ruled the Duchy of Massa and Carrara. History They came to the city in the 12th century. In 1528 the Cybos fo ...

(1690-1731) and his wife, Countess (1698-1768). As the eldest child, she was her father's primary heiress. Her father died on 18 August 1731, when she was just six years old.

Marriage

Maria Teresa was

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on 10 November 1734 to Eugenio Giovanni Francesco of Savoy, a grandson of Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy-Carignan. However, as Eugenio died only thirteen days later, the couple never met and the marriage was annulled on the grounds of it never having been consummated. In 1741, she married Ercole Rinaldo d'Este, heir to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. The Duchy of Massa and the Principality of Carrara were then annexed to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. The marriage was not happy, and Ercole would have affairs. The Holy Roman Empress

Maria Theresa 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). ...

arranged for Maria Beatrice, Maria Teresa’s daughter and only surviving child, to marry the empress' son Archduke Ferdinand Karl. In

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on 15 October 1771, the two married. From this marriage, the

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was created, a

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of the

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, which ruled Modena between 1814 and 1859.

Death

Maria Teresa died on 29 December 1790 in Modena, at the age of 65. Her non-sovereign titles, Duchess di Ajello and Baroness di Paduli, as well as that of Sovereign Lady of Moneta, went to her daughter.

Family

Maria Teresa and Ercole III had 2 children: * Maria Beatrice Ricciarda (7 April 1750 14 November 1829); married Archduke Ferdinand Karl in 1771, and became the Archduchess of

Austria-Este The House of Habsburg-Este (), also known as the House of Austria-Este () and holder of the title of Archduke of Austria-Este (; ), is a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and also descends from the House of Este in the cognatic lin ...

. Had issue. *Rinaldo Francesco (4 January 1753 5 May 1753); died in infancy.

Ancestry

Notes

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