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	6 December 1725 Nymphenburg Palace, Munich
Died	29 March 1743 (aged 17) Frankfurt
Full name Theresa Benedikta Maria
House	Wittelsbach
Father	Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Maria Amalia of Austria
Religion	Roman 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

Ancestors of Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria[2]

16. Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria 8. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria 17. Maria Anna of Austria 4. Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria 18. Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy 9. Henriette Adelaide of Savoy 19. Christine Marie of France 2. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor 20. Jakub Sobieski 10. John III Sobieski 21. Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz 5. Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska 22. Henri de la Grange d'Arquien 11. Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien 23. Françoise de La Châtre 1. Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria 24. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 12. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 25. Maria Anna of Spain 6. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 26. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine 13. Eleonore-Magdalena of Pfalz-Neuburg 27. Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt 3. Maria Amalia of Austria 28. George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 14. John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 29. Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt 7. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick 30. Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern 15. Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate 31. Anna Gonzaga

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.