HM Queen Marie-Henriette of the Belgians

Queen consort of the Belgians


Date & place of birth August 23, 1836 Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary
Born as HI&RH Archduchess of Austria
Names Maria-Henriette Anne

Father Archduke Joseph of Austria
Mother Duchess Maria Dorothea of Wurttemberg





Royal house Habsburg-Lorraine (born) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (marriage)
Consort Duchess of Brabant August 22, 1853-December 17, 1865
Queen consort December 17, 1865-September 19, 1902
Tenure 35 years 276 days
Successor Princess Louise Marie of Orleans
Successor Duchess Elisabet in Bavaria





Siblings (4)
Youngest of five children (2 brothers, 2 sisters)
(Older-half-brother, older half-sister)*
Archduchess Hermine of Austria*
Archduke Stephen of Austria (Palatine of Hungary)*
Archduchess Franziska Marie of Austria
Archduke Alexander of Austria
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria





Married August 22, 1853 Royal Palace, Brussels (civil) St. Michiel & St. Goedele Church, Brussels (religious)
Spouse King Leopold II of the Belgians (then Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant)





Issue (4)
(1 son, 3 daughters)
Princess Louise-Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Stephanie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

*Children became Prince/Princess of Belgium on March 14, 1891





Grandchildren (5)
(2 grandsons, 3 granddaughters)
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria
Princess Marie-Clotilde Bonaparte
Prince Louise Jerome Bonaparte





Died September 19, 1902 Hotel du, Midi, Spa, Belgium (age 66)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HI&RH Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
HI&RH Duchess of Brabant, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
HM Queen of the Belgians





Paternal grandparents
Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II
Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain

Paternal great-grandparents
Holy Roman Emperor Francis I
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
King Charles III of Spain
Duchess Maria Amalia of Saxony





Maternal grandparents
Duke Louis of Wurttemberg
Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Frederick II of Wurttemberg
Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Prince Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau