Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa

Maria Teresa Cybo[1]-Malaspina (29 June 1725 29 December 1790) was the sovereign Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara from 1731 until her death in 1790. She was the eldest child of Alderano I, Duke of Massa and Carrara, and his wife Ricciarda Gonzaga.

Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina
suo jure Duchess of Massa and Princess of Carrara
Reign18 August 1731 29 December 1790
PredecessorAlderano I Cybo-Malaspina
SuccessorMaria Beatrice d'Este
Born(1725-06-29)29 June 1725
Novellara, Italy
Died29 December 1790(1790-12-29) (aged 65)
Modena, Italy
Spouse
(m. 1734; died 1734)
    Issue
    Detail
    HouseCybo-Malaspina
    FatherAlderano I Cybo-Malaspina
    MotherRicciarda Gonzaga

    Life

    Childhood

    Maria Teresa was born on 29 June 1725 in Novellara. She was the daughter of Duke Alderano I Cybo-Malaspina (1690-1731) and his wife, Countess Ricciarda Gonzaga di Novellara (1698-1768). As the eldest child, she was her father's primary heiress. Her father died on 18 August 1731, when she was just six years old.

    Marriage

    Maria Teresa was married by proxy on 10 November 1734 to Eugenio Giovanni Francesco of Savoy, a grandson of Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy-Carignan. However, as Eugenio died only thirteen days later, the couple never met and the marriage was annulled on the grounds of it never having been consummated.[2]

    In 1741, she married Ercole Rinaldo d'Este, heir to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. The Duchy of Massa and the Principality of Carrara were then annexed to the Duchy of Modena and Reggio. The marriage was not happy, and Ercole would have affairs.[2]

    The Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa arranged for Maria Beatrice, Maria Teresa’s daughter and only surviving child, to marry the empress' son Archduke Ferdinand Karl. In Milan on 15 October 1771, the two married. From this marriage, the House of Austria-Este was created, a cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, which ruled Modena between 1814 and 1859.

    Death

    Maria Teresa died on 29 December 1790 in Modena, at the age of 65. Her non-sovereign titles, Duchess di Ajello and Baroness di Paduli, as well as that of Sovereign Lady of Moneta, went to her daughter.

    Family

    Maria Teresa and Ercole III had 2 children:

    Ancestry

    Notes

    1. This is also sometimes spelt Cibo.
    2. Susan, Flantzer (7 October 2021). "Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa and Carrara, Duchess of Modena and Reggio". Unofficial Royalty. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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