Maria Angela Caterina d'Este

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Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
Princess of Carignano
Portrait by a follower of Hyacinthe Rigaud
Born(1656-03-01)1 March 1656
Died16 July 1722(1722-07-16) (aged 66)
Spouse
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(m. 1684; died 1709)​
Borso d'Este
MotherIppolita d'Este

Maria Angela Caterina d'Este (1 March 1656 – 16 July 1722) was an Italian-born Princess of Modena who was later the

Prince of Carignano. In France she was known as Angélique Catherine d'Este[1]
and in Modena and Savoy she was known as Maria Caterina d'Este.

Biography

Born to the General

Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena
, and her mother a daughter of Prince Luigi d'Este, younger son of Cesare. As a member of the House of Este, she was a princess of Modena by birth, her father being the "founder" of a collateral line of the House of Este, the short lived House of Este-Scandiano. She was named after her paternal aunt, Princess Eleonora, who became a nun under the name of Sor Angela Caterina.

The youngest of seven children, she never knew her parents as her mother died shortly after her birth, while her father died a year later. After the death of their parents, Maria Angela and her siblings were put under the care of their grandfather/uncle, Prince Luigi. Her first cousins included

Duchesses of Parma
.

The unmarried princess was noted for her good looks and for having such a fine figure for one of her age at the time of her marriage.

Despite the permission of

Dowager Hereditary Princess of Baden-Baden, mother of the famous General Türkenlouis
.

The match was greatly opposed by France, then under the rule of Louis XIV, as Louis XIV had wanted Emmanuel Philibert to marry a French princess as Emmanuel Philibert[2] was the heir presumptive to the Duchy of Savoy.

A

Princes of Carignano
; the bride being 28 and the groom 56.

This wedding was important to the House of Savoy, but very poorly viewed by the kingdom of France for its lack of political connection. Louis subsequently banished Emmanuel Philibert and his new spouse from the French court.

Maria Angela's

grandfather had accepted the offer of marriage as he and Emmanuel Philibert had had good relations.[4]

Her husband died in 1709 making Maria Angela Caterina the dowager princess of Carignano. Her only surviving son

Victor Amadeus
succeeded as Prince of Carignano. She died at the age of 66.

Issue

Maria Angela and her husband had four children. Their youngest child, Thomas Philippe, died young and unmarried:

Ancestry

References and notes

  1. ISBN 9782706816529. Retrieved 2010-04-07. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  2. Queen of Spain, who were ineligible to inherit the Savoyard throne due to salic law
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    ISBN 9788886792578. Retrieved 2010-04-21. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )
  4. ISBN 9780520204713. Retrieved 2010-04-21. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
    )

External links

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