María Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga, 15th Countess of Chinchón (María Teresa Carolina; 6 March 1779 – 23 November 1828), was a Spanish noblewoman and

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. She was a

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granddaughter of

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Life and marriage

Born in

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, Spain, she was the elder daughter of

Infante Luis of Spain Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón (Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio; 25 July 1727 – 7 August 1785), known as the Cardinal Infante, was a Spanish infante and clergyman. He was a son of Philip V of Spain and his second wife, Elisabeth Far ...

and his

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wife, the

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ese aristocrat María Teresa de VallabrigaBoadilla website, ''Cardinal Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga''
/ref> (5 September 1758 – 16 February 1820). Her father was the 13th

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and a

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First Class. She had two siblings:Palaciode Boadilla website, ''Infante Don Luis Antonio de Borbon''
/ref> * Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, the 14th

(1785–1803); * María Luisa de Borbón y Vallabriga y Rozas Español y Drummond, later Duchess Consort of San Fernando de Quiroga by marriage, a title dating back from 1815, without issue (1780–1846)

Titles

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'' María Teresa Carolina de Borbón y Vallabriga, Farnesio y Rozas was: *the 1st '' Marquesa'' of

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(letters patent of 4 August 1799) *created the 96th Noble

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of the Royal

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on 10 October 1800 (her younger sister María Luisa was made the 98th Noble Dame on the same day, and her mother was made the 99th Noble Dame on 7 December 1800); *heir to her brother Luis María's House, and as such the 15th Countess of

Chinchón Chinchón () is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Located 50 km south-east of the city of Madrid, the municipality covers an area of 115.91 km2. , it has a population of 5,239. Its historic centre, with a notab ...

, Grandee of Spain, with the Bourbon

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(letter of 7 March 1804) *1st Duchess of Sueca, Grandee of Spain, (letter of 7 March 1804).

Marriage

She was married in the

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, 2 October 1797, to Don Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria, 1st Principe de la Paz, 1st Duque de Alcúdia and 1st Duque de Sueca (

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, 12 May 1767 –

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, 4 October 1851), and had one daughter, Carlota Luisa Manuela. Maria Teresa had divorced her husband in 1808.

References

1779 births 1828 deaths People from the Province of Toledo Spanish countesses Maria Teresa Maria Teresa 15 Maria Teresa 15 Grandees of Spain {{Spain-noble-stub