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Princess Teresa Cristina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Teresa Cristina
Baroness Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra
Born(1902-08-23)23 August 1902
Austria-Hungary
Died24 January 1990(1990-01-24) (aged 87)
Villach, Austria
Spouse
Lamoral, Baron Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra
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(m. 1930; died 1966)​
Issue
Detail
  • Prince Carlos, Baron Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra
  • Princess Alice, Countess di Tolmino e Biglia
  • Prince Felipe
  • Princess Maria Cristina, Mrs. Dettori
Names
(Portuguese: Teresa Cristina Maria Josefa Inácia Benicia Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga)
(German: Theresia Christiane Maria Josepha Ignatia Benizia Michaela Gabriele Raphaele Gonzaga)
HouseHouse of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
FatherPrince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MotherArchduchess Karoline Marie of Austria

Princess Teresa Cristina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (23 August 1902 – 24 January 1990), was a German-Brazilian princess of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Early life

She was born Princess Theresia Christiane Maria Josepha Ignatia Benizia Michaela Gabriele Raphaele Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the Thüringen in Austria-Hungary, the sixth child of Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria.[1] Her father was the son of Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, daughter of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil and Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, her namesake.[1] Teresa Cristina was the only grandchild of Leopoldina to retain Brazilian nationality.[2] Through her mother she was also a great-granddaughter of Leopold II, the last Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Marriage and family

Teresa Cristina married in Salzburg on 6 October 1930 to Lamoral, Baron Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra (1900-1966).[1] Their descendants assumed the surname Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança. They had four children:

  1. Carlos Tasso de Saxe-Coburg e Bragança (born 16 July 1931); married firstly Denise Pais de Almeida and secondly Archduchess Walburga of Austria (born 23 July 1942).
  2. Alice Tasso de Saxe-Coburg e Bragança (7 June 1936 – 29 August 2013); married Michele Formentini, Count di Tolmino e Biglia.
  3. Felipe Tasso de Saxe-Coburg e Bragança (born 3 January 1939); married Anna Maria Duarte Nunes.
  4. Maria Cristina Tasso de Saxe-Coburg e Bragança (born 31 January 1945); married Raimondo Dettori.

She died on 24 January 1990 in Villach, Austria, aged 87.

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser IV. "Sachsen". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1956, pp. 162-163. (German).
  2. ^ (in Portuguese) Lessa, Clado Ribeiro de. "O Segundo Ramo da Casa Imperial e a nossa Marinha de Guerra", in Revista do Instituto Historico e Geografico Brasileiro, vol. 211, 1951, pp. 118-133 (ISSN 0101-4366)


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