| Princess Teresa Cristina | |||||
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| Baroness Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra | |||||
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| Born | (1902-08-23)23 August 1902 Austria-Hungary | ||||
| Died | 24 January 1990(1990-01-24) (aged 87) Villach, Austria | ||||
| Spouse |
Lamoral, Baron Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra
(m. 1930; died 1966) | ||||
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| House | House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry | ||||
| Father | Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Mother | Archduchess 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.
She was born Princess Theresia Christiane Maria Josepha Ignatia Benizia Michaela Gabriele Raphaele Gonzaga of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha at the ThüringeninAustria-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.
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:
She died on 24 January 1990 in Villach, Austria, aged 87.
| Ancestors of Princess Teresa Cristina of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
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