Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine


Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine was born a Princess of Lorraine and was the last queen consort of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia. The sister of Francis Stephan, Duke of Lorraine, she died as a result of giving birth to Benedetto of Savoy.

Princess Elisabeth Therese was born at the Chteau de Lunville and was the ninth of eleven children of Leopold Joseph of Lorraine and his wife lisabeth Charlotte dOrlans. Her mother was a niece of Louis XIV and her father, a son of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland. Her eldest brother became Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, four years after her death. As a princess of Lorraine she was entitled to the style of Highness as well as the rank of foreign princess in France. During the coronation of the king in October 1722, Elisabeth Therese, her mother and sister went to the French court. Elisabeth Thereses grandmother found her two granddaughters very charming as well as attractive, though Anne Charlotte was deemed the more beautiful.

Source: Wikipedia


RELATED SEARCHES