Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este

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Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, also known as Maria Ludovika of Modena, (German: Maria Ludovika Beatrix von Modena) (Monza, 14 December 1787 – 7 April 1815 in Verona) was daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1754-1806) and his wife, Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este (1750-1829). She was a member of the House of Austria-Este a branche of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

On 6 January 1808 she married her first cousin Francis I, Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia. They had no children. She was a great enemy of the French Emperor Napoleon I of France and therefore also in opposition to the Austrian foreign minister Prince Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, who showed her private correspondence with her relatives to her husband, the Emperor Francis I. When Napoleon was finally defeated she traveled at the end of the year 1815 to her home country, North Italy, but died soon because of tuberculosis. She was only 28 years old.^[1]

She is buried in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna.

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v • d • e Ancestors of Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este

16. Charles V, Duke of Lorraine               8. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine                       17. Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria               4. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor                             18. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans               9. Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans                       19. Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine               2. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este                                   20. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor                       21. Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg               5. Maria Theresa of Austria                             22. Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               11. Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel                       23. Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen               1. Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este                                         24. Rinaldo III, Duke of Modena               12. Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena                       25. Charlotte Felicity of Brunswick-Lüneburg               6. Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena                             26. Philippe II, Duke of Orléans               13. Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans                       27. Françoise-Marie de Bourbon               3. Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este                                   28. Carlo II Cibo-Malsapina, Duke of Massa               14. Alderano Cibo-Malsapina, Duke of Massa                       29. Teresa Pamfili               7. Maria Teresa Cibo-Malsapina, Duchess of Massa                             30. Camillo II Gonzaga, Count of Novellara               15. Ricciardia Gonzaga of Novellara                       31. Matilde d'Este

Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este House of Austria-Este Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine Born: 14 December 1787 Died: 7 April 1816
German royalty
Preceded by Maria Teresa of the Two Sicilies	Empress of Austria 1808 – 1816	Succeeded by Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
	Queen consort of Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia 1808 – 1816