Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria

Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria (Theresa Benedikta Maria; 6 December 1725 – 29 March 1743) was a Princess of Bavaria.

Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria
Portrait by George Desmarées, before 1743.
Born(1725-12-06)6 December 1725
Nymphenburg Palace, Munich
Died29 March 1743(1743-03-29) (aged 17)
Frankfurt
Full name
Theresa Benedikta Maria
HouseWittelsbach
FatherCharles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Amalia of Austria
ReligionRoman Catholic

Biography

Theresa Benedicta was the third child of Charles Albert, Elector of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emperor. Her mother, Maria Amalia, was an Archduchess of Austria by birth. Her maternal grand parents were Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Her paternal grand parents were Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska, the daughter of the King of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, John III Sobieski. Theresa's mother, Archduchess Maria Amalia, was also a first cousin of Empress Maria Theresa.

Her mother gave birth to seven children, only four of whom lived through to adulthood. Theresa Benedicta's siblings included her brother Maximilian III, Elector of Bavaria, and two sisters Maria Antonia, Electress of Saxony, and Maria Anna Josepha, Margravine of Baden-Baden.

She died 29 March 1743 in Frankfurt at age 17 of either smallpox or chicken pox.[1]

Ancestry

References
  1. Historischer Verein von Oberbayern: Oberbayerisches Archiv für vaterländische Geschichte. Band 56, 1912: 12. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 40.
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