Clementina of Austria | |||||
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Princess of Salerno | |||||
Born |
Hofburg Palace, Vienna |
1 March 1798||||
Died | 3 September 1881 Château de Chantilly, Chantilly, France |
(aged 83)||||
Burial | Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples | ||||
Spouse | Leopold, Prince of Salerno | ||||
Issue | Maria Carolina, Duchess of Aumale | ||||
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House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
Father | Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | ||||
Mother | Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholic |
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German: Maria Clementina Franziska Josepha Italian: Maria Clementina Francesca Giuseppa |
Clementina of Austria (German: Maria Clementina Franziska Josepha 1 March 1798 – 3 September 1881) was an Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Salerno upon her marriage to Prince Leopold of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Prince of Salerno.
Born at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, she was the third surviving daughter of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I of Austria after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and his wife Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily.
Maria Clementina was a younger sister of Marie Louise, Empress of France, Ferdinand I of Austria, and Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil. She was also an older sister of Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony, Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria.
Through her sister, Marie Louise, she was a sister-in-law of Napoleon I of France; through Maria Leopoldina a sister-in-law of Peter I of Brazil (IV of Portugal); through Marie Caroline a sister-in-law of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony.
Maria Clementina was married, 28 July 1816, at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, to her mother's younger brother, Prince Leopoldo of the Two Sicilies,Prince of Salerno, the youngest son of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria.