Maria Beatrice d'Este was the last descendant of the House of Este, of the House of Cybo-Malaspina and, through her maternal grandmother Ricciarda Gonzaga, also of the Novellara branch of the House of
Portrait by Anton von Maron, circa 1772
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and Maria Beatrice d'Este holding Archduchess Maria Leopoldine, standing is Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este in pink dress
Maria Theresa of Austria Este
Erzherzogin Maria Leopoldine von Modena Este, Kurfürstin Witwe von Bayern
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este was Queen of Sardinia as the wife of Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. She was born an archduchess of Austria-Este and a princess of Modena as the daughter of Ferdinand Karl
Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa
…another of her daughters Maria Leopoldine, and was still mother-in-law of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia, through marriage of her eldest daughter Maria Theresa. In 1812, her eldest son and heir, the future Francis IV, Duke of Modena, in turn married his own niece, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, daughter of the…
Maria Theresa as a child
Maria Theresa as Queen of Sardinia (posthumous portrait by Tommaso Lorenzone, mid-19th century)
Maria Theresa with her husband and their daughters Maria Anna, Maria Teresa and Maria Cristina.